550 Hamas members arrested

550 Hamas members have been arrested on the West Bank of the river Jordan, according to a Hamas representative.

In his words, security forces have detained practically all Islamic regional leaders.

The Hamas headquarters have been blocked by police.

A state of emergency has been de facto introduced to avoid mass disorders.

On Tuesday, Palestinian radicals shot at a car near the city of Hebron killing two men and two women, one of whom was pregnant.

On Wednesday, militants attacked another car and wounded two Israeli citizens near Ramallah.