Israel shut down a shopping mall in Shechem linked to the Hamas terrorist organization. In a pre-dawn raid on the only Arab shopping center in Judea and Samaria, IDF forces closed the stores of the Al-I'itiman Investment Company. The army also seized computers, furniture, and documents. The IDF says that the closures were 'against charitable organizations acting on behalf of Hamas' that were operating from inside the mall.

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