Troops invade Jenin refugee camp, exchange fire with resistance fighters

Thursday August 09, 2007 23:49 by IMEMC Staff

Palestinian sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday evening that Israeli soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp after closing all of its entrances and exchanged fire with resistance fighters.

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The invasion was carried out by more than thirty armored vehicles and jeeps, in addition to several military bulldozers.

Soldiers also occupied several houses and their rooftops, and ambushed several resistance fighters.

Meanwhile, fighters of the Al Quds Brigades, the army wing of the Islamic Jihad, and Mahmoud Abu Khalifa brigades, one of the armed wing of Fateh, exchanged fire with the invading forces at the entrance of the camp while dozens of youth placed rocks in the street and burnt tires.

The youth also hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading forces while the army fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs, no injuries were reported.

Israeli military sources reported that the army invaded Jenin refugee camp in an attempt to kidnap resistance fighters.

The invasion is still ongoing until the time of this report, and soldiers are currently surrounding several buildings and searching them.

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