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Israel arrests 130 Hamas members in Hebron

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Monday, September 15, 2003

JERUSALEM Ñ Israel's military has launched a search operation for Hamas insurgents in the West Bank.

Israeli military sources said the focus of the operation was the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The sources said a combined task force of regular and special troops operated in Hebron on Tuesday and arrested scores of Hamas insurgents and supporters.

So far, the sources said, more than 130 Hamas members and supporters were arrested. They said they operation was meant to eliminate the Hamas infrastructure in the city in wake of the killing of Hamas's commander in the West Bank, Abdullah Qawasmeh.

Qawasmeh led a Hamas cell that was said to have killed more than 50 Israelis in a series of suicide bombings in such cities in Haifa and Jerusalem. He was killed in an Israeli operation in Hebron over the weekend.

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