The IDF has shut down a PA (Palestinian Authority)-based radio station in the ongoing war against PA incitement. A number of arrests were made and broadcast equipment was confiscated.

The operation involved IDF forces and Shin Bet agents as well as agents of the IDF Civil Administration as they raided the office of the al-Sanabel Radio during the early morning hours of Wednesday, 27 Menachem Av. The station is based in the village of Dura, in the Hebron district.

At least five people were taken into custody including station manager 34-year-old Faruk Aliat, a resident of Birzeit in the Ramallah district. Aliat is known to be aligned with the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)