Israel shuts second Hebron radio station

Israeli forces Saturday raided and shut down a Palestinian radio station accused of incitement in the West Bank city of Hebron, the army said, in the second such case this month.

Also in the flashpoint city, Israeli police said a woman acting suspiciously and allegedly in possession of a knife was arrested.

Soldiers entered the offices of Al-Khalil radio overnight and handed the station a six-month order to close, said Ezz Haddad, its head of programming.

Earlier this month, Israeli forces raided the offices of Al-Hurria radio station, also in Hebron, forcing it to close for six months.

The wave of violence, much of which has been focused in and around Hebron, has left 86 dead on the Palestinian side including an Arab Israeli, as well as 15 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean.

Rights groups have accused Israel of using inappropriate force on protesters.

Earlier this week, Spain issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a deadly 2010 Gaza flotilla raid. He now can be arrested in Spain if he steps foot in the country.

In the 2010 incident, a group of human rights activists boarded several aid ships to try and break an Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem Post reports. Israel's navy was able to stop several of the ships without incident, but its commandos were attacked when boarding the Mavi Marmara, leaving 10 activists dead in an ensuing gun battle, said the Israeli outlet.

Three Spanish nationals who were onboard the ship then sued Netanyahu and other Israeli government officials, who at the time made key security decisions for Israel.

Among the officials are former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman; Moshe Ya'alon and Ehud Barak, the former defense ministers; former Interior Minister Eli Yishai; former Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor, and Bennie Begin, minister-without-portfolio, The Times of Israel reports.