Israel Arrests 80 Year Old Mother Of Exiled Hamas Leader

[Purveyor]

Middle East Online

RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Israeli army on Monday arrested the elderly mother of Salah Aruri, a senior member of Hamas exiled in Syria, said the woman's relatives and Palestinian security sources.

Aisha Yussef Salah, almost 80, was arrested in an Israeli army night-time raid on her West Bank home near the village of Arura, her daughter, Jamila Mohammed Yussef, said.

"We have informed the Red Cross but we still don't know where she is," Yussef said, adding that her mother was in poor health.

The Israeli army said it was investigating the report.

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[azurnoir]

1. well I guess she's the next best thing n/t

[notadmblnd]

2. Wow, just wow.

what the hell kind of threat could an 80 year old woman pose to Israel?

[JonScholar]

3. Maybe it's the same threat posed by children held and tortured in Israeli prisons? n/t

[Maat]

4. Disgusting behavior on the part of the Israeli gov. (n/t).

[here_is_to_hope]

5. But the Bible says...

Well, I don't care what the Bible says, this shit is just fucking stupid.
Come on cheerleaders of opression, explain this shit...

[oberliner]

6. Israel frees mother of exiled senior Hamas man

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — The Israeli army released on Tuesday the elderly mother of Salah Aruri, a senior member of Hamas exiled in Syria, AFP reporters said.

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