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Air Force hits terrorist vehicle, but the target escape unharmed |
| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: December 22, 2005 |
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Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinian terrorists as they tried to flee a building in the Samarian town of Nablus on Thursday, including the local leader of a small radical faction, witnesses and the military said.
Soldiers entered the town in pursuit of wanted men, and opened fire on a four-story building where terrorists had holed up, the military said. One wanted man and two other terrorists were shot as they tried to escape, it added.
Witnesses identified one of the dead men as Bashar Khanani, the Nablus leader of the small Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Also killed were Anas Al-Sheikh, another member of the Popular Front, and Ahmed Jiyousi of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a terrorist faction linked to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' ruling Fatah party.
Troops continued to ring the building to flush out additional wanted men, the military said. Two bulldozers were parked at the building's entrance.
In related news, troops arrested 14 other wanted men in other operations in Judea and Samaria overnight, the military said.
The AP contributed to this report. |
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