Occupied Jerusalem: The Israeli regime’s air force hit the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday wounding three people, the military and Gaza security officials said.
Israel also arrested a number of senior Hamas members in the occupied West Bank overnight, including one of its leaders in the territory.
Gaza security officials said the aircraft hit a Hamas naval base west of the city of Khan Younis and open land nearby.
Three Palestinians were lightly wounded in the strikes, the health ministry in Gaza said.
Those arrested overnight included Hassan Yousuf, one of the founders of the Islamist movement. He was arrested in Ramallah, a Hamas statement said.
Yousuf is a member of the largely defunct Palestinian parliament elected in 2006 and was jailed between 2012 and 2014.
A spokeswoman for Israeli regime’s Shin Beth domestic security agency said: “He was arrested because of his involvement in encouraging and directing Hamas activity in the West Bank.”
Yousuf’s son, Mosab Hassan Yousuf, gained prominence in recent years after a film was released detailing his spying for Israel, called “The Green Prince.”
Yousuf disowned his son after he admitted to spying on Hamas for Israel.
Trump’s announcement accepting occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last Wednesday has sparked protests across the Palestinian territories, with four people killed and hundreds wounded in clashes or retaliatory Israeli air strikes so far.
