Israel indicts Saleh al-arouri’s sister for ‘supporting’ Hamas
Jerusalem - The Israeli police accused on Monday Dalal Suleiman, the sister of the deputy head of the political office of the Hamas movement, Saleh alArouri, of supporting the movement. Al-arouri was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon last January.
According to the indictment, the Israeli police alleged that ‘Dalal Suleiman transferred funds to Hamas over the past two years’, Israel’s public broadcaster reported. “She was also accused of praising in media interviews the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023,” the broadcaster added.
Suleiman was arrested at her home in the town of Aaroura in the central West Bank last January following the assassination of her brother.
She was then ‘presented before a military court in the northern West Bank on charges of working for an unauthorised movement, incitement, and supporting a hostile organisation’, according to the broadcaster.
No comment has been issued by Suleiman or her lawyers regarding the Israeli accusations and claims as yet.
25 more held in West Bank raids
The Israeli army rounded up 25 more Palestinians in military raids across the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups.
Most of the arrests took place in the cities of Hebron, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Nablus, and Jenin, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a joint statement.
“The arrests were marked by acts of sabotage and destruction of citizens’ homes, in addition to severe beatings of detainees and their families, and the confiscation of money,” the statement said.
There was no comment from the Israeli army on the report.
According to prisoners’ affairs groups, at least 7,100 Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank since October 7. At least 398 Palestinians have since been killed and 4,500 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army said it closed four roads to traffic near the Lebanese border on Monday, according to Israeli media. The decision was made after an assessment by the army of the situation in the region, leading to the closure of four roads until further notice.