Israeli police have arrested a Hamas lawmaker who had been hiding in the Red Cross office in east Jerusalem for the past year.
Ahmed Abu Atoun fled to the Red Cross compound last year after Israel ordered him expelled from the city. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says that when Abu Atoun stepped out of the building Monday, plainclothes officers grabbed him.
Abu Atoun was among four Hamas politicians hiding in the building.
Israel first arrested the men in 2006 because of their connections to Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls the Gaza Strip. Israel subsequently ordered all four to leave the city. They went into hiding after being released from prison last year.
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