Five 15-year-old Palestinians arrested in Sa'ir over alleged "Sa'ir Brigades" cell

Right · 2Israel Police said five 15-year-old Palestinians from the West Bank village of Sa'ir, near Hebron, were arrested overnight into Wednesday on suspicion of forming a group called the "Sa'ir Brigades". 1 2 Right · 1According to police, the group organized as an illegal military force whose members threw Molotov cocktails and stones at Israeli vehicles, roads and settlement locations in the area. 1 Right · 1Police also suspect them of setting fire to wooded areas near populated communities so the flames would spread toward them, of incitement to violence, and of tearing down Israeli flags along roads. 1

Right · 1The investigation began after intelligence was gathered about youths from the village; the police Judea and Samaria District's Hetz Yehuda unit raided Sa'ir with the Shin Bet, supported by soldiers of the Etzion Brigade. 1 Right · 1The teenagers were taken to the Hebron police station for questioning, and police are expected to ask for their detention to be extended. 1 Right · 2In separate operations, police arrested a man in his 60s in Beit Ula after seizing two pistols (one Egyptian-made Star, one Glock), dozens of 9 mm rounds, fireworks batteries and tens of thousands of shekels, and arrested a man at the Tarqumiya crossing suspected of trying to run over officers in a stolen vehicle the previous weekend. 1 2

Right · 1JNS also reported that the IDF and Shin Bet raided two Palestinian charities, including the Addameer association in Ramallah, which Israeli authorities accuse of supporting Hamas and the PFLP; it did not carry any response from the groups. 2 Right · 2All the allegations come from Israeli police and security services; the coverage carries no response from the suspects, their families or Palestinian officials. 1 2