2006 and 2010 Arrests
On June 25, 2006, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was captured by Hamas, which touched off the 2006 Israel–Gaza conflict. A few days after the incident, on June 29, Israel arrested 64 Hamas officials in the West Bank, including Palestinian Authority cabinet ministers and members of the Palestinian Legislative Council. Abu Tir was among them and was held in jail for four years.
Abu Tir was freed on 20 May 2010. He was subsequently stripped of his Israeli ID card and residency rights, and told by the Israeli Shin Bet intelligence service that he was banned from Jerusalem.
He was held under administrative detention for one year and release in May 2012, expelled to Ramallah and not allowed to enter Jerusalem.
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