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| Two gunnies iced, 13 nabbed in West Bank raid |
| 2002-05-14 |
| Israeli forces staged three pre-dawn raids into West Bank villages Tuesday, killing two Palestinian intelligence officers and arresting 13 suspected militants as part of ongoing operations in the territory, the army said. Israeli forces killed two men they had targeted in a car in the village of Halhoul, north of Hebron. The head of Palestinian intelligence in the area, Khalid Abu Kheiran, was killed instantly, along with one of his deputies who tried to escape from the car. The army said they were killed in an exchange of fire, and witnesses said the men were in the car and pulling into the driveway of a house when shooting broke out. A third man was arrested and a fourth managed to flee. Later, at Abu Kheiran's funeral, Palestinian "youths" clashed with Israeli soldiers nearby, throwing stones at soldiers, who fired into the air. No injuries were reported. The army also said it arrested a dozen Palestinian suspects in two villages near the West Bank town of Tulkarem. Seems like no matter how hard they scrub, there's always more... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |