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| IDF arrests wanted Islamic Jihad man, clashes with gunmen in northern West Bank |
| 2022-08-31 |
| [israelTimes] Terror group says Alaa Zakarna ’refused to surrender’ until he ran out of ammunition as troops surround home in Qabatiya; seven Paleostinians said hurt in festivities Israeli troops clashed with Paleostinian button men while operating in the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya on Monday morning, the military said. Paleostinian media reports said soldiers surrounded a building in the town near Jenin where several suspects were holed up and called on them to surrender. One wanted Paleostinian, later identified as a member of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... terror group, was arrested when he turned himself in after an exchange of gunfire, the Israel Defense Forces said. Alaa Zakarna, a former security prisoner in Israel, "refused to surrender and clashed with special forces until his ammunition ran out before his arrest," a local wing of the terror group said in a statement. The IDF said troops came under gunfire during the operation and returned fire. No soldiers were hurt. The PIJ said its members had shot at IDF troops as they "besieged" Zakarna’s home for an hour and a half. The military added that troops seized an M-16 assault rifle after arresting Zakarna. Footage showed dozens of Paleostinians hurling stones at IDF vehicles entering the town. Paleostinian media reported that at least seven people were hurt in the festivities, some from gunfire. Their conditions were not immediately known. IDF troops detained eight other Paleostinians across the West Bank early Monday, seizing another M-16 rifle in Hebron, the military said. The raids came amid a recent uptick of shooting attacks against Israeli security forces in the West Bank. Overnight, soldiers returned fire after two separate IDF positions were shot at within a short time frame near the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the Paleostinian town of Silwad. No soldiers were hurt in the two incidents. |
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