Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli security forces and intelligence officers raided a Palestinian television station overnight and took computers, tapes, transmitters and paperwork, the director of the station said Wednesday. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called it "piracy." The raid began at 2 a.m., Wattan TV director Muamar Orabi said. "Four night-shift employees were detained for more than three hours inside the offices after their mobile phones were taken," he added. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the raid had taken place. Israeli Ministry of Communications spokesman Yehiel Shavi said Wattan broadcasts "were interfering with the signals of Israeli broadcasters" and said the interference had been stopped "with the assistance of the IDF."
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NEW: Palestinian PM calls it "piracy" and slams the Middle East Quartet
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Israeli security forces take transmitters, tapes, computers and paperwork, Wattan TV says
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Israel says the station's broadcasts interfered with Israeli TV and flight communications
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Wattan TV vows to continue broadcasting
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