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| Islamic Jihad: Jenin leader dodges assassination | |
| 2009-12-09 | |
| [Ma'an] Islamic Jihad said a leader in its military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, survived an assassination attempt near the West Bank city of Jenin on late on Sunday night. In an announcement carried on Islamic Jihad websites, the group also said that three of its members were arrested in the town of Al-Yamoun. The websites described how dozens of Israeli military vehicles stormed Al-Yamoun, on Sunday, following a group of undercover forces entered the village in Palestinian-plated cars and besieged home of Bajis Hamdiya. Explosions and gunshots were heard in the area until dawn, the statements said.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli military said that on Saturday night, Israeli forces detained four people during an operation in Al-Yamoun, but that the military was "not aware of any unusual incidents" during the operation. The military "considers the claims to be false," the spokeswoman said. Israeli forces have been pursuing Hamdiya since the beginning of the second Palestinian uprising (the Al-Aqsa Intifada). He survived several previous attempts on his life. Hamdiya's brothers Majdi, Shadid, Amid, and Anid were detained during the raid, Islamic Jihad said. Three of them were released hours later, while 35-year-old Majdi was taken to an unknown location. The Islamic Jihad sources stated that three Islamic Jihad activists were also detained during the Israeli invasion of Al-Yamoun. Sources identified them as 28-year-old Ahmad Baqli, 27-year-old Adib Sammoudi, and 26-year-old Awni Baqli. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION WMF/GLOBAL TIMES > TALIBAN VOW TO KILL PRESIDENT ZARDARI, PM GILANI, AND CLOSE RELATIONS { + friends, asscociates etcs, as pertinent] OVER WAZIRISTAN OFFENSIVE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-09 20:32 |