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[^1]\n\nThe New York Times reported, citing sources, that more than 200 prominent Israelis signed a letter in June calling on Israel's government to stop attacks against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. [^2]\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces captured the head of Hamas's internal security apparatus in Gaza. [^3]\n\nThe Gaza Ministry of Interior and Security confirmed on September 1, 2026, that Israeli forces detained Moein Mohamad Al Arabid, an official of the Hamas Internal Security Service, in Gaza City. [^4]\n\nAccording to The New York Times, the letter's signatories included two former prime ministers of Israel, more than three dozen retired Army and Air Force generals, former heads of the nation's foreign and domestic intelligence services, along with rabbis, a Nobel laureate, and one of Israel's most revered novelists. [^5]\n\nThe letter called for an end to what it described as 'Jewish terrorism' and the 'ethnic cleansing' underway in the West Bank. [^6]\n\nIn a statement released by his office, Netanyahu said Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency and the military arrested the head of Hamas's internal security apparatus near his home in Gaza. [^7]\n\nNetanyahu called the captured individual 'one of the most senior Hamas leaders' without giving his name. [^8]\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated the arrest, claiming Al Arabid was responsible for hiding and transporting hostages since October 7, 2023, and strengthening Hamas. [^9]\n\nThe detention took place during a joint incursion by the Israeli Shin Bet and the pro-Israel Abu Shabab militia in the heart of Gaza City. [^10]\n\nThe operation was supported by extensive Israeli Air Force bombings, which resulted in the deaths of at least one woman and two children aged 3 and 13, and injuries to at least seven others. [^11]\n\nBenjamin Netanyahu described Muein al Arabid as one of the highest-ranking leaders of Hamas and stated that he was responsible for hiding and transferring Israeli hostages, providing refuge to Hamas officials, and strengthening the organization's capabilities. 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