The Israeli army arrested more than 200 suspected Palestinian terrorists in a crackdown following Gaza Strip rocket attacks. Most of the 206 fugitives detained in the West Bank on Sunday, the biggest such sweep since Israel and the Palestinian Authority declared a truce in February, were from Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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