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| Israeli troops raid Tulkarem in West Bank | |
| 2003-05-24 | |
The Israeli army has raided at dawn the northern West Bank town of Tulkarm and its refugee camp, Palestinian security sources said. A column of 50 tanks, troop transport trucks and jeeps, carrying several hundred soldiers, poured into the camp and town, the sources said. Israeli military radio said the operation, codenamed "pulling out the roots", was aimed at netting militants from the hardline Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups, which carried out a string of suicide bombings last week.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 They did bag two illegal ISM American women: from the JPost - IDF troops arrested two American citizens and a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Tulkarm Saturday afternoon. The two American women, members of a pro-Palestinian activist movement, were arrested by troops after it was found that they were in the area illegally. The pro-Palestinian activists were handed over to Police after consultations with the Interior Ministry, who will most likely have the women deported. The IDF's anti-terror operations in the West Bank city of Tulkarm continued Saturday morning, focusing on the city's refugee camp. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-24 15:15:56 |