| Saturday, November 10, 2001, updated at 21:51(GMT+8) |
Israeli Troops Arrest 12 Palestinians in West Bank |
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Israeli troops arrested 12 Palestinians and demolished two houses after thrusting into two villages near the West Bank city of Jenin early Saturday, Palestinian sources said.
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Israeli troops arrested 12 Palestinians and demolished two houses after thrusting into two villages near the West Bank city of Jenin early Saturday, Palestinian sources said.
The Israeli forces, including at least 11 tanks, penetrated into Araqa and Hashimiya, where a curfew was immediately imposed, the sources added.
During the incursion, the Israeli forces demolished two houses in Araqa and a barrier of the Palestinian security forces in Hashimiya, and launched a large-scale arrest campaign, during which 12 Palestinians were detained.
Israel has confirmed the military operation, saying that one of the two houses was owned by Nazer Muhamad Gamad, an activist of the Palestinian mainstream Fatah movement.
Israel has accused Gamad of opening fire in October at passers-by near a bus station in Afula, a town close to Jenin, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding two civilians. It also suspects the 12 Palestinians of involvement in violent acts.
Israel's military operation came as a response to the killing of an Israeli woman on Friday near the Palestinian self-rule community of Yabed, near Jenin, by members of Fatah's military wing, Israeli sources said.
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