WEST BANK: Palestinian killed in army arrest raid in downtown Ramallah; Three Islamic Jihad militants killed in Gaza blast

Record ID: 561065

  • Title: WEST BANK: Palestinian killed in army arrest raid in downtown Ramallah; Three Islamic Jihad militants killed in Gaza blast
  • Date: 30th May 2007
  • Summary: (W4) RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (MAY 29, 2007) (REUTERS) RAMALLAH STREET AND AUDIO OF GUNFIRE YOUNG MEN THROWING STONES IN STREET ISRAELI MILITARY VEHICLES DRIVING DOWN STREET ISRAELI MILITARY VEHICLE AT END OF STREET DOOR OPENING ON VEHICLE AND ISRAELI SOLDIER THROWING SMOKE GRENADE SMOKE GRENADE DETONATING ON STREET
  • Embargoed: 14th June 2007 13:00
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  • Topics: War / Fighting
  • Reuters ID: LVA3WOLE5CY1X2QE565TRRUZO017
  • Story Text: Israeli undercover troops killed a Palestinian militant and wounded at least four other people in a raid in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday (May 29), hospital officials and local residents said.
    The dead man was identified as a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction. He was also a member of a security force loyal to Abbas.
    Witnesses named the dead man as Omar Abdel-Halim, a 24-year-old militant long sought by Israel.
    The Israeli army had no immediate comment on the operation, which local witnesses said had been carried out by Israeli an undercover unit.
    A local restaurant owner who witnessed the incident said he saw the undercover troops shoot the man in the leg before killing him. Television footage showed what appeared to be bullet wounds in the leg and the head.
    Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa al-Barghouthi said the man was killed in "cold blood."
    In Gaza, three Islamic Jihad militants were killed in an explosion in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, hospital officials said.
    A Palestinian security source said it appeared the three militants were killed in a so-called "work accident," when explosives they were handling detonated accidentally.
    An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was unaware of any Israeli attack in the area.
    Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for many of the recent rocket attacks fired from Gaza into southern Israel.
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