WEST BANK: ISRAELI TROOPS LEAVE HEBRON AFTER BRIEF INCURSION TO STRIKE AT "TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE".

Record ID: 400858

  • Title: WEST BANK: ISRAELI TROOPS LEAVE HEBRON AFTER BRIEF INCURSION TO STRIKE AT "TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE".
  • Date: 30th May 2002
  • Summary: (W2) HEBRON, WEST BANK (MAY 30, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) (SEQUENCES 1-7, AS 7193/02 EDIT: 404) 1. TANKS AND ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APCS) DRIVING THROUGH STREETS 2. GROUP OF PALESTINIANS DETAINED BY SOLDIERS 3. STREET SCENE WITH TANKS AND VEHICLES 3. ISRAELI SOLDIER WITH DETAINED PALESTINIANS 4. VARIOUS OF INCU
  • Embargoed: 14th June 2002 13:00
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  • Location: HEBRON, WEST BANK
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA4CYKV3Q7RKYIZ3NEN88YGJUYM
  • Story Text: Israeli troops have pulled out of Hebron following a
    brief incursion into the West Bank city in what the Israeli
    army said was an operation to strike at terrorist
    infrastrucutre.



    Between 30 and 40 armoured vehicles entered Hebron at
    around 2 a.m. (2300 GMT) on Thursday morning (May 30) and
    troops conducted house searches, witnesses said.

    The army had no immediate comment, but military sources
    described the incursion as a "targetted foray" during which
    four wanted men were captured.

    A Reuters cameraman said he saw the arrests of senior
    Islamic Jihad militant Mohammed Sider and of a Hamas
    counterpart at separate locations in the city.

    Palestinian security sources said the Israeli army had
    twice previously tried to kill Sider.

    The Israeli army has carried out almost nightly
    incursions into Palestinian West Bank towns and villages since
    a major offensive in the West Bank last month, and has
    arrested a number of suspects.

    It says the raids are aimed at seizing Palestinian
    militants linked to a resumption of suicide bombings.

    At least 1,375 Palestinians and 486 Israelis have died in
    a 20-month Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.


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