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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israel-detains-dozens-more-islamists-search-missing-teens-092623303.html;_ylt=AwrBJR.HGaBT01gAnEDQtDMD

Israel Ramps Up Pressure on Hamas in Hunt for Missing Teens

(Reuters) Ali Sawafta - Israel on Tuesday widened a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank, detaining more than 40 members, and raising to more than 200 the number arrested since Friday. Israel accuses Hamas of kidnapping three Jewish teenagers. The Israeli army has carried out house-to-house searches, round-ups of suspects and interrogations in Hebron and other parts of the West Bank, in a mobilization on a scale not seen in years. Israel showed photographs of hundreds of weapons, including guns, seized at some of the detainees' homes. "As long as our boys remain abducted, Hamas will feel pursued, paralyzed and threatened," said Lt.-Col. Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman.

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