The Palestinian Authority has arrested dozens of from a radical faction who have declared the breaking of Ramadan and the beginning of Eid Al-Fitr, contrary to the PA Mufti's decision that the fast will end tonight and the holiday begins only tomorrow, according to the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation.
In Hebron, hundreds of Hizb At-Tahrir activists were dispersed by force, announcing the beginning of the holiday in the streets of the city. Casualties were reported among the activists. Similar incidents and arrests by the Palestinian security forces were recorded elsewhere in the PA. local sources sources said that the PA decided this year not to act in accordance with Saudi Arabia's decision on the date of the end of the fast and the beginning of the holiday but to delay it on the following day due to political tensions between Ramallah and Riyadh.