Israeli undercover troops snatched two wounded Palestinian activists from their West Bank hospital beds in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday.
The troops knocked on the door of the intensive care unit, imposed a curfew on the patients and doctors and carried the two men - members of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade - out of the ward and into military ambulances, a doctor, told the AP.
The men - Othman Younis, 27, and Fahid Bani-Odeh, 25 - are in an Israeli hospital and being treated for moderate injuries, military sources said.
Israel accuses Younis of helping to plan several attacks in which at least 10 people were killed.
Elsewhere, Israeli police said Tuesday that they had detained three senior Waqf officials who tried to block non-Muslims from entering the al Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday.
The Waqf officials were among a group of Muslims that held a prayer service on Monday morning, in a bid to block the entrance where the Jewish visits normally start.
An argument then broke out between the Muslims and the Israeli policemen accompanying the visitors, which ended with most of the Muslims leaving the al Aqsa Mosque compound.
The clashes marked the first Muslim-Jewish conflict at the compound since the visits resumed a few weeks ago. (Albawaba.com)
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