 Israeli occupation troops have shot dead two resistance fighters, including a senior Hamas leader in the West Bank town of Nablus. More than a dozen explosions and several exchanges of fire were heard as soldiers in 15 Jeeps raided an eastern part of the city, witnesses said.
"Alright, men! Into the jeeps! We're raiding Nablus tonight!"
"Hurrah!" |
During the raid, troops killed Amjan al-Hinawi, 34, Aljazeera's correspondent reported. Al-Hinawi was a commander in Hamas's military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Hamas has vowed to avenge the killing.
| "Revenge! We must have Dire Revenge™!" |
The correspondent reported that troops surrounded the home of al-Hinawi and ordered his family out before killing him.
"Everybody out so we can kill Pop!"
"Oh, sir! I beg you! Don't kill Pop!" |
Witnesses said al-Hinawi had been shot in the head at close range. Another report stated that while most members came out of the house, al-Hanawi refused and tried to escape.
"You'll never take me alive, coppers!"
"Hokay! Go get him, Moshe!" |
He was shot as he tried to climb a fence, a report from the Associated Press said.
"You on the fence! Stop or I'll [BANG!] shoot!"
"Aaaaiiieee! Rosebud!" |
The neighbours said that army dogs attacked several family members.
| "N-n-n-n-nice doggy! Hey! Get this beast offa me!" |
The army said it was investigating the reports.
| "We'll get back to you on that!" |
But military officials confirmed there had been an arrest raid in Nablus overnight, and that one person opened fire on troops and tried to escape before being shot. The unidentified officials did not identify the target of the raid, during which eight Palestinians were detained.
"Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!"
"There's a corpse in there!" |
Meanwhile, Israeli troops in more than 20 military vehicles, backed by helicopters, have raided the town of al-Zababda, east of Jenin city. They are surrounding a hostel where students of the Arab-American University reside.
"Yo ho ho! We are jolly students!
"Students studying stuff!...
"Say! What's that noise outside?"
"Drop the beer steins and come out witcher hands up!" |
The Israeli army, claiming the Arab-American University building in Jenin hosted Islamic Jihad activists, has opened fire on the hostel.
"We are jolly activists!
"Activists plotting stuff..."
[KABANG!] |
Israeli helicopters hovered over the area at a low altitude, while soldiers, using loudspeakers, called on those inside to turn themselves in, reported Aljazeera correspondent Ali al-Sumodi.
| "I repeat: Come out witcher hands up! Or you're really gonna get it!" |
Troops fired on stone-throwing youths with bullets and rubber bullets, wounding two Palestinians, he said.
"Oooch! Owwwww! My elbow!"
"Help! Help! They're lacerating me!" |
In the Gaza Strip, a member of the al-Nasir Salah al-Din Brigades, of the Popular Resistance Committees, was killed by Israeli gunfire on Monday.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
"Aaaaaiiiiieeee! Rosebud!" |
Two others were injured when the troops opened fire on the men near the al-Buraij refugee camp east of Gaza City, the movement said.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
"Ooooowww!"
"Oh, Mahmoud! That hadda hurt!" |
Also on Monday, about 20 Israeli military vehicles raided the city of Tulkarim and refugee camp in the northern West Bank and arrested two Palestinians, Aljazeera reported. |