TENSION HIGH AS ISRAEL ARMY ARRESTS ISLAMIC MILITANT

Israel’s army said it had arrested a senior Islamic Jihad militant as tensions with the group rose after the army blew up one of its tunnels from Gaza. The army arrested overnight the “senior operative” in Arraba. A source with Islamic Jihad confirmed that one of its leaders, Tareq Qadaan, was detained as part of an “arrest campaign”. There were no immediate details on whether others were arrested. Tension has risen between Israel and Islamic Jihad after the army blew up a tunnel that stretched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory on October 30. The operation resulted in the deaths of at least 12 Palestinian militants from Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against carrying out attacks in revenge.