Israel arrests 52 militants in West Bank
In an apparent policy shift, Israel arrested 52 Islamic Jihad militants in the West Bank overnight, following a series of attacks by the group against Israeli targets, the army said. Israeli policy since a February truce had been to arrest only those suspected of planning terror attacks. But the arrests overnight were not restricted to those militants, Israeli media reported today. The army wouldn’t immediately comment on whether there had been a policy change. Full Story