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| IDF: 2 Palestinian gunmen open fire at West Bank checkpoint, are shot dead by troops |
| 2024-04-28 |
| [IsraelTimes] Soldiers had been ready in ambush near Salem Crossing after recent repeated attacks in area; one the gunmen’s magazines had sticker with Palestinian Islamic Jihad logo. Two Paleostinian button men who shot up a checkpoint in the northern West Bank in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday were rubbed out by troops, the military said. The incident took place at the Salem checkpoint and army base, close to the Arab Israeli town of the same name, and some 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the West Bank city of Jenin. Troops of the Border Defense Corps’ 636th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit had been ready in an ambush following several recent similar attacks at the same location, when the gunman arrived by vehicle at the checkpoint area. As the button men began shooting at the checkpoint and adjacent base, the soldiers returned fire at the pair, killing both, the Israel Defense Forces said. The button men’s assault rifles were seized. An image released by the IDF showed that one of the gun’s magazines had a sticker with the logo of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... terror group. No troops were hurt in the incident. The button men were named by the Paleostinian Authority health ministry as Mustafa Abed, 21, and Ahmed Shawahna, 20. It said two more Paleostinians were maimed by Israeli fire in the Jenin area, although the circumstances of their injury were not immediately clear. The Salem Crossing has been the target of frequent shooting attacks in recent years. It is predominantly used by Arab Israelis who travel to the Paleostinian city of Jenin and the surrounding area for business or leisure. It has been largely shuttered for civilian traffic in recent years. Violence in the West Bank, already on the rise before October 7 — when thousands of Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,-led murderous Moslems stormed southern Israel to kill nearly 1,200 people and abduct over 250 — has escalated throughout the war sparked by the onslaught, with frequent army raids on terror groups, deadly Paleostinian attacks, and rampages by Jewish settlers in Paleostinian villages, at times also deadly. Since October 7, troops have arrested some 3,850 wanted Paleostinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,650 affiliated with Hamas, the IDF has said. According to the PA health ministry, more than 490 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were button men killed amid raids or murderous Moslems carrying out attacks. Related: Salem checkpoint: 2023-09-19 Police: Palestinian attempts to stab officers at East Jerusalem checkpoint, is shot Salem checkpoint: 2023-09-05 Two Palestinians arrested over April attack on kibbutz near northern West Bank Salem checkpoint: 2023-07-05 Military begins withdrawing forces from Jenin after 44 hours of fighting |
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