Israel Defense Forces troops have detained a West Bank correspondent of Lebanon's Al-Manar Television, the army and the station said Thursday. Al-Manar, which is run by Lebanon's Hizbullah terrorist group, said correspondent Deeb Hourani was captured at dawn Wednesday by Israeli troops that entered the West Bank town of Jenin. The military said Hourani was captured together with a well-known terrorist from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, responsible for killing three Israelis, charging that Hourani was also an Al Aqsa activist. "Hourani was forced to take off his clothes in stormy weather in Jenin before being taken handcuffed to an undisclosed location," an Al-Manar statement said.
The army said Hourani was wearing women's clothes when apprehended.
| But only his underwear. And a pair of Gucci pumps. And an absolutely stunning leather bustier. And one of those lacy black garter belts. He looked quite... ummm... quite... Liberian. |
Israel accuses Hizbullah and Al-Manar of inflaming the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
| I guess that getup would inflame me... |
The station gives wide coverage of the Palestinian uprising and urges Palestinians not to stop their struggle against the "Zionist entity." Al-Manar said Hourani joined the station shortly after the start of the uprising in September 2000. The station quoted Hourani's mother, Shamsa Dawoud, as saying that her son suffers from a lung disease and receives regular treatment.
| "That's why the bustier, y'see?" |
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