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| 2 Palestinian dead in Israeli raid in WBank |
| 2010-10-09 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Israeli troops killed two senior Hamas forces of Evil in an early-morning raid on Friday in the West Bank city of Hebron, raising tensions as peace talks remain stuck over Israeli settlement building. The two gunnies were wanted in connection with the killing of four Israelis near Hebron on Aug 31, just as new Israeli-Paleostinian peace talks were getting under way, the Israeli military said. Media aligned with Hamas in the Gazoo Strip also said the men were behind the Hebron shooting. Israeli soldiers with jeeps and an armoured bulldozer surrounded the house in Hebron before dawn. The military said the men rebuffed calls to surrender and began shooting at the troops outside. The soldiers then returned fire, killing both snuffys, the military said. An AP photographer on the scene saw one body on the street outside. The bulldozer later demolished the three-story house. The family that had been inside when the raid began was given time to leave before the gunbattle began. Paleostinian and Israeli forces had been looking for the Hamas men since the four Israelis were shot and killed near Hebron, Paleostinian security officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was not officially made public. Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, issued a statement vowing to avenge the deaths. A Hamas official in the Gazoo Strip, which is controlled by the snuffy group, confirmed that both of the men killed were senior members of the group's armed wing. |
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