Israel detains al-Jihad spokesman

The Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank detained the spokesman for the Islamic Jihad movement, according to Palestinian security sources. The sources explained that the Israeli forces took Khuder Omran to prison after he was arrested during a raid on Ramullah.

A spokesman for the Israeli army confirmed the detention of one activist from the Islamic Jihad, but did not specify him by name, nor giving futher detail on this matter.

The detention of Adnan came one day after the Islamic Jihad announced it stopped launching missiles at Israeli targets in order to ensure calm following the Israeli withdrawal from occupied Gaza due in mid August.