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| Three Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah |
| 2006-05-24 |
| EFL: Three Palestinians were shot dead Wednesday during an Israeli raid in the heart of the West Bank's administrative capital that also resulted in the capture of a leading Islamic Jihad militant. Around 30 other people were wounded in the Ramallah operation that saw Mohammed al-Shubaki, the commander of Jihad in the Qalqilya area of the northern West Bank, arrested. DEBKA sez 4 dead, 35 wounded His capture came a day after Israeli troops also nabbed the overall head of the governing Hamas movement's armed wing in Ramallah. According to Palestinian security sources, the Israeli forces entered Ramallah to provide back-up for a unit of elite undercover soldiers who were already operating in the town. An Israeli army spokesman said the forces opened fire only after they came under attack from gunmen. The deaths in Ramallah overshadowed another bout of intra-factional violence in the Gaza Strip where a Hamas follower was killed after being abducted in the southern town of Khan Yunis. Salim Qadih died of his injuries after being kidnapped along with two other members of the Hamas armed wing by unknown gunmen outside a mosque in the southern town. The three were then dumped in the road several hours later before being rushed to the town's Nasser hospital for emergency treatment. Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the shooting came amid a spate of armed clashes between supporters of the governing Hamas faction and followers of the former ruling Fatah movement. After news emerged of Qadih's death, hundreds of Hamas followers gathered outside the hospital in protest. Two members of a new Hamas paramilitary force which was set up by the Islamist government in defiance of a veto by Abbas, who is also de facto leader of Fatah, were also wounded Wednesday by unknown gunmen in Gaza City. In further violence, security sources reported that a bomb had exploded in front of a Hamas official's house in the central Nusseirat refugee camp, without causing casualties. The tensions between Hamas and Fatah have been growing by the day, exacerbated by Hamas's decision to deploy members of its own volunteer force while Abbas, the de facto leader of Fatah, was travelling abroad. Under the terms of the Palestinian basic law, responsibility for security is meant to be the remit of Abbas. The ranks of the police and other security branches remain stuffed with Fatah supporters despite the faction's defeat at the hands of Hamas in January parliamentary elections. A Jordanian driver was killed and nine Palestinians wounded on Monday when the rival forces became embroiled in an armed confrontation outside the Gaza branch of the Palestinian parliament. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Salim Qadih died of his injuries after being kidnapped along with two other members of the Hamas armed wing by unknown gunmen outside a mosque in the southern town. What, no decapitation video? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-05-24 12:26 |