IDF arrests 17 fugitives in West Bank

The IDF arrested 17 fugitives in the West Bank overnight Monday. Of those arrested, two were Hamas operatives, one of whom was apprehended southeast of Bethlehem in possession of a Kalashnikov rifle, an M-16 machine gun and 3 rounds of ammunition. The other arrestees were activists from Tanzim, Fatah, PFLP and Islamic Jihad.