Official: Israeli Army Prepares to Storm PA Security Headquarters

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Official: Israeli Army Prepares to Storm PA Security Headquarters

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Israeli tanks rolling into the West Bank town of Ramallah since Friday headed early Tuesday towards the neighboring town of Bitonia to storm the main headquarters of the West Bank preventive security headed by Colonel Jibril Rajoub, security sources said.

Colonel Rajoub said there were 400 employees, including female secretaries and security officers inside the headquarters, and that he gave his strict orders to defend the headquarters until the last security officer.

Rajoub said that about 14 tanks had reached the main gates of the headquarters. He is receiving reports that fierce armed confrontations are taking place between Israeli troops and preventive security officers.

A reporter for the Abu Dhabi Television said that the Israeli tanks are firing at the preventive security headquarters with heavy gunfire. The preventive security officers inside the building told him that they would fight to the end.

"There would be a real massacre if the Israeli army enters into the headquarters," said Rajoub, adding that his men "would fight the Israeli troops and defend their building no matter what the cost is."

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