Israel has arrested five Palestinians accused of being members of a Hamas cell responsible for killing an Israeli policeman in the West Bank, the Shin Bet security service said.
The men, all in their 20s, confessed to killing the policeman near Hebron on June 14 and handed over three Kalashnikov rifles they used, Shin Bet said. The arrests were made a week after the attack, which wounded two other policemen, but were only made public July 19 in a statement released to the media.
The names of the arrested men were not released, and it was not possible to confirm the details with their families or lawyers. Hamas websites mentioned the arrests but did not link the group to the attack. — ap