Palestinian minister arrested by Israeli troops

The Palestinian public works and housing minister in the Hamas-led government was arrested from his home in the West Bank.

The Palestinian public works and housing minister in the Hamas-led government was arrested by Israeli troops on Friday in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Palestinian security sources said.

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Abdelrahman Zidane, 46, was arrested at dawn from his home in the West Bank political capital, the sources said.

Deputy Prime Minister Nasseredine al-Shaer, who was arrested by Israeli troops as part of a massive clampdown against the ruling Hamas movement in August and released in September, confirmed his colleague had been detained.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said only that a "Hamas terrorist in Ramallah" had been arrested, without providing any further details.