RAMALLAH: Israeli soldiers raided the offices of a Palestinian newspaper in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday, ordering them to stop printing publications by Hamas, managers said.

“Officers informed us that Israel would not allow the printing and distribution of Falastin, Al-Resala, and Al-Istiqlal,” three Hamas newspapers, the Al-Ayyam’s managers said in a statement. Al-Ayyam has been printing the papers since early this month, after a surprise reconciliation deal between Hamas and Fatah brought the Hamas publications back to West Bank newsstands.

The soldiers threatened to take “concrete steps” toward stopping Falastin, Al-Resala and Al-Istiqlal being printed at Al-Ayyam offices.