Israeli Army Assassinates Leader of the Al Quds Brigades in Jenin

Tuesday December 16, 2008 06:38 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Late Monday night, an under-cover force of the Israeli army assassinated  the leader of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, in the northern part of the West Bank after the forces surrounded an internet coffee-shop in the Al Yamoun town, west of Jenin.

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The fighter was identified as Jihad Amin Nawahda, 21. Palestinian security sources reported that the soldiers surrounded the building and ordered Nawahda to surrender but he refused. Soldiers then opened fire and killed him.

His body was moved to the governmental hospital in Jenin.

The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that the army ambushed Nawahda in the center of the town and killed him before speeding away.

Palestinian security sources reported that the Israeli army informed the Military Coordination Office that Nawahda was dead, and then the Palestinians sent an ambulance to the Al Hamra Israeli roadblock to retrieve the body.

A spokesperson of the Islamic Jihad said that the army committed a cold-blooded murder as the soldiers could have abducted him, but instead chose to open fire.

The spokesperson added that the assassination will not harm the “spirit of resistance and the determination to fight the occupation”.

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