A senior member of the IDF said on Sunday that 80 people were arrested the previous night in Judea and Samaria, including members of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas’ legislative councils. The goal was, according to the IDF member, to attempt gather information on the three captured yeshiva (Torah academy) high school students.
The source indicated that a large number of soldiers, including paratrooper and nahal forces, have been deployed in the area.