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| Palestinians holed up in Hebron surrender to IDF |
| 2002-06-26 |
| About 150 Palestinians, who were holed up in the Palestinian government complex in the West Bank city of Hebron, surrendered Wednesday to IDF troops besieging the building. At this time it appears not all have surrendered, and some Palestinians are still inside the headquarters. Soldiers surrounded and fired machine guns at the building for a second straight day Wednesday, as security forces rounded up 300 Palestinian terror suspects in the area. About a dozen suspects in the building known as the Imara exchanged gunfire with troops outside, and a bulldozer began knocking down walls to subdue them. By Wednesday afternoon, the IDF was threatening to use sniper fire to force the wanted men out. IDF soldiers found hundreds of explosive devices in and areound the Imara, Israel Radio reported. The devices were similar in makeup to those used by Hizbullah in southern Lebanon in the past. No priests? No nuns? No Costa Brava. Sorry. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |