Three Palestinians have been wounded, one seriously, during a major Israeli military invasion of Jenin on Monday.
The occupation troops entered the northern West Bank town on Monday with 20 military jeeps and tanks, backed by two Apache helicopters which opened fire, witnesses said.
| Hmmm... I'll bet they were U.S.-made, weren't they? |
A local man who only wanted to be identified by his first name for fear of reprisals from the Israeli military, told Aljazeera.net that tanks and the Apaches entered Jenin in the morning and opened fire on the house of a 29 year-old-man in Halimah al-Sadaya, eastern Jenin. "Apache helicopters were used to target the house of Aysar Abu Srur, his pregnant wife and two children were in the house when the army started shooting from above. No warning was given to the family, so that they could leave the house", said Yusuf.
| "Their puppies, their kittens, all their baby ducks — all dead!" |
He told Aljazeera.net that Srur, 29, was arrested along with his neighbour Hasan Biss, 44. It is not known why Srur or Biss were arrested, or if the men had any connections with armed resistance groups.
| "But we didn't ask, either..." |
Local people have told Aljazeera.net that occupation troops pulled out of the area once the arrests were made, but Israeli planes are still flying above Jenin city and the refugee camp. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli occupation force on the latest invasion of the West Bank town, but Jenin has frequently been targeted by occupation troops who have used excessive force to try and crush resistance activity in the refugee camp and city.
| I'd deny it if I was the IDF. Screw with their little Paleoheads. "Nope. Nope. You sure it was Israelis?" |
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