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| Middle East |
| Israeli tanks shell local Hamas leader's house |
| 2002-06-17 |
| Israeli entered the northern West Bank town of Yamoun, near Jenin, and shelled the house of a local Hamas leader. Seven tanks and three army jeeps, backed by two helicopters fired shells and heavy machine-guns from the ground and air at the house of Raed Frehat. It was not clear if the 30-year-old Hamas thug was at home at the time. Doesn't sound like they cared if he was, either... The Israeli army could not immediately confirm the operation but military sources quoted on Israel's public radio said a booby-trapped car had exploded next to Frehat's house. The radio said that the car bomb, which was to be used in an attack inside Israel, went off when soldiers fired at it. Palestinian sources confirmed a car explosion in Yamoun, but said it was not next to Frehat's house. They could not say whether it was a booby-trapped vehicle. "No, no! It wasn't next to his house. It was next to... uh... next to his neighbor's house..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |