Israeli Forces Seize Illegal Firearms and Protected Gazelles in West Bank Raids
Israeli police have initiated investigations into three suspects arrested over the weekend in the West Bank for illegal possession of firearms and protected gazelles. During a military operation, Israeli forces, acting on intelligence, discovered three hunting rifles, a significant amount of ammunition, IDF uniform pants, and two knives hidden in a civilian home and an adjacent greenhouse in the village of Shufa, near Tulkarm. A Shufa resident in his 40s was arrested at the scene. Additionally, four gazelles, a protected species in Israel, were found being illegally held and were subsequently handed over to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority. In a separate incident in Askar, a refugee camp near Nablus, Israeli forces seized an M-16 rifle and a handgun from a home and arrested a Nablus resident in his 20s. Another hunting rifle was seized in the village of Bizzariya, northwest of Nablus, following a reported shooting, leading to the arrest of a resident in his 20s.