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| Middle East |
| Israeli army occupies Jenin again |
| 2002-05-17 |
| The Israeli army has reoccupied the West Bank town of Jenin and its refugee camp. A security source said dozens of Israeli tanks, backed by helicopter gunships, had rolled into the Palestinian town and the refugee camp, opening fire on several targets. Earlier, as Israel maintained military pressure on the Palestinians, its army also reoccupied the autonomous West Bank towns of El Bireh, near Ramallah, and Tulkarem, Palestinian security officials said. When they withdrew their forces, they didn't stop their intelligence collection. Apparently they picked a little something up. Wonder what it was? They're gone now... The Israel Defense Forces was withdrawing Friday from Jenin and the refugee camp of the same name. IDF's incursion earlier Friday was explained as necessary for the search for Palestinian gunnies who had not been snagged during Operation Defensive Shield. Twenty four Palestinians, two of which are wanted terrorists, were apprehended by IDF in Jenin. Israeli undercover troops killed Ahmed Ghanam, 25, a member of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service, in Beitunia, a suburb of the West Bank town of Ramallah. The military said the raid helped prevent a terror attack in Jerusalem. Toldja they hadn't quit collecting intel... Palestinian sources said that seven-year-old boy Amid Abu Sayar was killed Friday by IDF gunfire in the Askar refugee camp, next to Nablus. The sources said that Abu Sayar was seriously injured when soldiers in a tank opened fire at a store owned by the boy's father. They also said that eight other Palestinians were injured by the gunfire. Somebody tell Kofi and Mary and Terje that they did't go in to get young Amid. They were shooting at Bad Guys... Oh, never mind. They wouldn't believe you anyway. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |