Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli General Security Service " Shin Bet " announced, on Tuesday, the arrest of 8 Palestinians, residents of Ramallah and Qalandia camp , for allegedly carrying out a series of recent shootings.

According to the Shin Bet's statement, the arrests took place in the past weeks, and the weapons used in the attacks were seized, and no injuries were reported.

She pointed out that among the detainees, Bilal Al-Barghouti and Ahmed Aqel, residents of Beit Rima, carried out two shooting attacks in the village of Nabi Saleh on two different dates, last year and the current one, and one of them carried out a shooting attack at a settler vehicle near the village of Rawabi.

Among the detainees, Hassan and Alaa al-Manasra, from Qalandia camp, carried out a shooting attack at the Qalandia crossing, while Ahmed Abu Arida, from the camp, opened fire at another Israeli point.

Also, among the detainees , Jibril Al-Zubaidi and Muhammad Al-Mahrouq, carried out a shooting attack towards the Beit El settlement in the middle of December 2018.

The statement claimed that their arrest led to the removal of a real threat.