Al Jazeera published dramatic footage Tuesday evening showing the arrest of senior Hamas operative Mu'ayin al-Arabid in central Gaza City, according to reports. The details of the operation, including which forces conducted it, remain unclear.
Al Jazeera on Tuesday evening released dramatic footage showing the arrest of senior Hamas operative Mu'ayin al-Arabid in central Gaza City. The arrest was first reported by The Zioneer earlier Tuesday, with details emerging throughout the day.
The Zioneer reported at 12:42 Jerusalem that Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the capture of a senior Hamas member in a joint operation involving an Israeli-backed Palestinian militia and Israeli air support in Gaza City. Subsequent reporting revealed that Israeli commandos had infiltrated deep into the Gaza Strip and captured Hamas's head of internal security, with the unit discovered during the operation and requiring massive air support for safe withdrawal. Katz later confirmed the operative's identity as Mua'in al-Arabid, commander of Hamas's internal security mechanism, and Gazan sources reported that his wife was killed in the operation. Later, the Arabic media outlet Abu Ali Express issued a correction identifying al-Arabid as the captured official, and Channel 11 reported that al-Arabid held the "militias portfolio," responsible for hunting down Gaza militias cooperating with Israeli security forces.
The circumstances of the arrest, including which specific forces conducted the operation shown in the Al Jazeera video, remain unconfirmed. The IDF has not issued an official statement on the footage, and the report that al-Arabid's wife died of injuries sustained in the operation has not been independently verified by Israeli sources.
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