 (Xinhua) -- A senior Islamic Jihad (Holy War) militant leader was arrested on Tuesday by an elite Israeli army force in a village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian witnesses revealed. The witnesses said that an Israeli undercover unit stormed the village of Burqeen, broke into one of the stores in the village and captured Ayman Ateeq.
"Stick 'em up, Ateeq!"
"It's the RAB! I am undone!"
"It is not the RAB! It's the IDF!" |
They said the Israeli soldiers disguised as local residents and drove a local Palestinian car.
"Does this false moustache make me look fat?"
"Shut up and drive, Moshe!" |
Ateeq, who was wanted by Israel for being involved in carrying out a series of attacks against the Jewish state, is the commander of Saraya al-Quds, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad in the area of Jenin. Jihad is the only Palestinian faction that continues attacks against Israel after all factions unofficially refrained from military attacks following the coalition government deal reached between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the ruling Hamas movement. The Israeli army usually kills or arrests wanted Palestinian militants, either by striking on their cars they drive or sending special well-trained troops to the wanted militants homes. |