 | Followup to yesterday's story. |
RAMALLAH - The militant Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades vowed on Thursday to extract âearthshakingâ revenge for the killings of five Palestinians terrorists in an Israeli army raid.
| "Arrrrgh! We will have Dire Revengeâ¢!" |
Israeli soldiers on a search and arrest operation entered the Tulkarm refugee camp and a gun battle broke out in which the five terrorists were killed. Israeli military sources said all five terrorists were armed and had been involved in previous attacks against Israel. One of the terrorists men killed is believed to have had a hand in planning the suicide bombings outside a Tel Aviv nightclub in February, which killed five Israelis.
Palestinian sources confirmed those targeted in the raid were suspected terrorists militants from Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa, the Fatah partyâs military wing. Hospital and security sources said the dead included a 14-year-old boy, were shot and killed.
| Out kinda late for a school night, wasn't he? |
Palestinian and Israeli officials said the Israeli army unit entered the camp in the northern West Bank city to arrest Islamic Jihad terrorists militants, and a firefight broke out.
Palestinian officials said three of the terrorists dead had recently given up arms and joined the Palestinian security forces as part of a deal to dismantle Palestinian terrorist armed groups in the West Bank and Gaza. |