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Senior Islamic Jihad official killed in Jenin

Man killed in exchanges of fire with Border Guard policemen, but Palestinians say official was arrested, executed

Border Guard policemen killed a senior Islamic Jihad official in the Silat al-Khartiyeh near Jenin on Sunday.

 

Palestinians identified the man as Rashed al-Omri, a senior activist in the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad.

 

The security establishment believes al-Omri was killed in exchanges of fire with troops but residents say he was arrested and executed.

 

Palestinian sources said Border Guard policemen besieged a house in which al-Omri was hiding for five hours before the arrest. They said al-Omri was arrested alive.

 

Israeli forces remain in the village and Jenin.

 

The Islamic Jihad called on all cells to carry out terror attack against IDF troops in Israel and the territories in support of Hizbullah.

 

Islamic Jihad activists distributed sweets in celebration of the death of 11 Israelis in a rocket attack by Hizbullah.

 

Efrat Weiss contributed to this report

 


פרסום ראשון: 08.06.06, 19:54
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