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Hamas Chief Haniyeh’s Sister Arrested in Southern Israel
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2024. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
The sister of Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, one of the Palestinian terror group’s most visible leaders, was arrested in southern Israel on Monday.
The 57-year-old woman lives with her family in Tel Sheva, a Bedouin city near Beersheba in Israel. She was detained in a joint raid by Israel Police and the Shin Bet security agency.
While the woman was not initially named — only referred to as “a relative of a senior member of Hamas” — Israel media reported that police later identified the suspect as Sabah Avad al-Salam Haniyeh, one of Haniyeh’s sisters.
According to police, officials found documents, electronic devices, and other evidence linking Haniyeh’s sister to “serious security offenses.” She was arrested at the scene on suspicion of having contact with Hamas operatives and supporting acts of terrorism.
Police also said they found hundreds of thousands of shekels in cash in the house.
The Hamas chief’s sister is set to appear in the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court on Monday to be arraigned on charges of “inciting and supporting acts of terrorism in Israel.”
“The Southern District will not hesitate by any means in the war against terrorism and will use all the means and tools at its disposal, everywhere, in order to create deterrence at the same time as thwarting terrorist attacks, with the aim of ensuring the safety and security of the citizens of Israel,” Maj. Gen. Amir Cohen, the commander of the Israel Police’s Southern District, said of the arrest.
The arrest came just under six months after Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel from Gaza, murdering 1,200 people and kidnapping 253 others as hostages. More than half the hostages are still being held in the Palestinian enclave. The Oct. 7 onslaught was the largest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
Haniyeh said at a conference of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) in Doha, Qatar, in January that “we should hold on to the victory that took place on Oct. 7 and build upon it, adding, “Time is on our side.”
The Hamas chief reportedly has an estimated net worth of $4 billion and lives a life of luxury abroad in exile in Qatar.
The fact that Haniyeh’s sister lived in Israel caused ire among Israelis in the early days of the war, as her brother was arguably the most wanted man in the country.
Haniyeh’s three total sisters all have Israeli citizenship, live in Tel Sheva, and were married to Arab Israelis. Two are now widowed.
The arrest came a day after an Arab from a neighboring Bedouin town, Rahat, carried out a terror attack at Beersheba’s main bus station. A terrorist stabbed an Israeli soldier, lightly wounding him, before another soldier killed the terrorist.
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PA Security Forces End Standoff with Jenin Battalion, Enter West Bank Camp
Illustrative. Palestinian demonstrators call for an end to clashes between Palestinian security forces and terrorists in Jenin, in the West Bank, Dec. 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
i24 News – The Palestinian Authority on Friday reached an agreement with the jihadists of the Jenin Battalion, ending a six-week standoff in the northern West Bank terror hotbed.
The Jenin Battalion is a local jihadist militia affiliated with Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
The PA’s engineering and civil defense crews will begin dismantling explosives planted across Jenin, Palestinian media reported.
A Palestinian security source told i24NEWS that not a single weapon has been handed over by the Jenin Battalion to PA security forces.
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With Hamas Yet to Name 3 First Hostages to Be Released, Netanyahu Slams Violation of Agreement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, Sept. 2, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – Hamas violated the terms of its agreement with Israel even before the ceasefire went into effect, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed out on Saturday.
The jihadist group failed to submit to Israel the names of the three hostages slated to be freed on Sunday, in contravention to the terms of the ceasefire stipulating that this information be communicated 24 hours in advance.
“We will not move forward with the outline until we receive the list of hostages to be released, as agreed. Israel will not tolerate violations of the agreement,” Netanyahu said some three hours after the names should have been submitted. “The sole responsibility lies with Hamas.”
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US Slaps Sanctions on Yemeni Bank with Ties to Houthis
Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi addresses followers via a video link at the al-Shaab Mosque, formerly al-Saleh Mosque, in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
i24 News – The US on Friday imposed sanctions on a Yemen-based financial institution that Washington accused of financially supporting the Houthis, as President Joe Biden’s administration sought to further pressure the Iran-backed jihadists before Biden leaves office.
The US Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions on Yemen Kuwait Bank, accusing it of helping the Houthis exploit the Yemeni banking sector to launder money and transfer funds to allies, including fellow Iranian proxy Hezbollah.
In addition to numerous attacks on Israel’s civilian centers since November 2023, the Houthis have carried out more than 100 attacks on ships, sinking two vessels, seizing another and killing at least four seafarers. The intensity of the attacks has disrupted global shipping and prompted route changes.
The attacks have disrupted international commerce, forcing some ships to take the long route around southern Africa rather than the Suez Canal, leading to increases in insurance rates, delivery costs and time that stoked global inflation fears.
The Houthis, a fundamentally antisemitic jihadist group, seized power in Yemen in late 2014 and control most parts of the country including the capital Sanaa.
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