Israeli military invades Qabatiya, capture a resistance fighter

Monday October 06, 2008 19:11 by IMEMC News & Agencies

Israeli military forces capture on Monday morning a leader of Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement in the Palestinian town of Qabatiya, local sources reported.

General view of Qabatiya (Photo: Wikipedia)

Al-Quds Brigades said in a press release, “An undercover Israeli force ambushed Naji Nazzal near his home in the Nazzal neighborhood at 4:15 in the morning. They fired at the man outside his home, but he managed to get inside.”

According to eyewitnesses an armed clash erupted between Nazzal and the invading forces resulting in capturing him after they surrounded his house with seven military vehicles.

The witnesses said that other members of Al-Quds Brigades arrived at the scene and clashed with the Israeli soldiers who fired a number of shells at them. Troops then broke into Nazzal’s home ransacked it and took him to undisclosed destination.

Qabatiya is a Palestinian town near Jenin city in the north of the West Bank and is known to be a stronghold of Islamic Jihad. A recent Palestinian-Israeli security arrangement transferred security control of Jenin area to the Palestinian security forces. Israeli forces are supposed to stay out of the area, according to this arrangement.

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