WEST BANK: ISRAELI FORCES HAVE IMPOSED A CURFEW ON THE CITY OF HEBRON AND ROUNDED UP SUSPECTED PALESTINIAN MILITANTS

Record ID: 400617

  • Title: WEST BANK: ISRAELI FORCES HAVE IMPOSED A CURFEW ON THE CITY OF HEBRON AND ROUNDED UP SUSPECTED PALESTINIAN MILITANTS
  • Date: 16th August 2002
  • Summary: HEBRON, WEST BANK (AUGUST 16, 2002) (REUTERS) 1. LV ISRAELI ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS ENTERING HEBRON; ISRAELI VEHICLES MOVING THROUGH STREET AS SOLDIERS CONDUCT SWEEP (2 SHOTS) 0.20 HEBRON, WEST BANK (AUGUST 17, 2002) (REUTERS) 2. SLV/SV ISRAELI TROOPS IN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) DRIVING IN STREET; ISRAELI TROOPS CLIMBING OUT O
  • Embargoed: 31st August 2002 13:00
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  • Location: HEBRON, WEST BANK
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA16LVS7EA9131JKWGPBBW7SUKZ
  • Story Text: Israeli forces have imposed a curfew on the West Bank
    city of Hebron and rounded up suspected Palestinian militants.

    Several people were injured when troops threw stun grenades
    into a crowded market.



    Squads of Israeli soldiers in armoured vehicles combed
    the streets of Hebron overnight and early on Saturday (August
    16-17, 2002) as they mounted a sweep for suspected militants.

    The soldiers arrested more than 100 Palestinian men in the
    roundup and held them at a military base inside city, divided
    between Israeli and Palestinian control.

    Soldiers in the city centre sent people scurrying out of
    a crowded market and injured several people when they threw
    stun grenades into the crowd.

    Israeli troops have recently increased their presence in
    the city, taking over more Palestinian homes for use as
    military positions and setting up more checkpoints inside the
    Palestinian-controlled section of the city.

    Soldiers on Saturday arrested a renowned militant from the
    al-Aqsa Brigades, Sodky al-Zollo, known locally as Hebron's
    "Bin Laden".

    Doctors at Hebron's Al-ahli Hospital said at least five
    Palestinians had been treaed for injuries, most of them
    sustained from shrapnel.


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