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| Middle East |
| IDF continues presence in West Bank cities |
| 2002-07-05 |
| The IDF continued Friday its clampdown over most of the Palestinian cities in the West Bank, preventing access between them. The IDF shortened the duration of the curfew in most Palestinian towns. On Friday morning IDF troops accompanied by tanks and bulldozers demolished two Palestinian police buildings in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, and left the area after the demolition was completed. Early Friday morning Israeli forces arrested one Palestinian in Gaza and 18 others in the West Bank. An IDF statement said they were "suspected of terrorist activity." The Israelis have been conducting nightly arrest sweeps in the West Bank and less frequent operations in Gaza, operating in cities and towns where soldiers have imposed curfews and also entering villages. The military said three suspects were arrested in Jericho, the only one of the eight main Palestinian population centers that has been spared an Israeli incursion in the past two weeks. Israeli forces continue to hold the other centers, enforcing curfews. Jericho seems to be the only Paleostinian city not populated exclusively by loons. Wonder why that is...? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |