RT: Dozens of Palestinians have been wounded in clashes with clandestine
Israeli troops disguised as vegetable vendors. The discovery of a small
commando unit conducting arrests in the West Bank outraged locals
forcing the regular army to use tear gas.
Over 30 Palestinians have been wounded along with two IDF soldiers
after unrest broke out in the West Bank village of Tamaun. Dozens more
suffered from tear gas inhalation.
Witnesses report that IDF
troops were disguised as Arab vegetable vendors to apprehend a number of
wanted militants. The mission, by the Mistaarvim ("Arabized") Unit, an
elite counter-terrorism force, was then tactically changed from a
covert operation to an overt one.
Dozens of masked youths hid behind barricades hurling rocks and firebombs at the disguised soldiers. IDF regular units then scrambled to the scene firing rubber bullets and tear gas to quell the crowd. Reports that lethal ammunition was used were brushed aside by an Israeli military spokeswoman. The military said it arrested a “terrorist affiliated with the Islamic Jihad terror group.”
“A special forces squad went in on an arrest operation,” military radio reported. “It seems that a family or local residents spotted the force and then a big disturbances started… some 'soldiers' received superficial injuries from stones that were thrown,”
ynetnews quoted.
The incident comes as tensions continue to simmer following the Israel’s eight-day mission in mid-November to destroy rocket launching sites in Gaza. Shortly after the military operation that killed 168 Palestinians, most them civilians, including women and children, the UN General Assembly voted to upgrade the Palestinians’ diplomatic status to ‘non-member observer state’.
In a move widely considered to be retaliation for the upgraded UN status, the Israeli prime minister unfroze the building projects across the West Bank and East Jerusalem and vowed to continue building settlements in the “Israeli capital,” defying near-unanimous international criticism of the action.
Heroic Palestinian protestors hurl stones at Israeli death squads during clashes in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near Jenin.(AFP Photo / Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
Palestinian
protestors sling stones at Goliath Israeli death squads during clashes in the
West Bank village of Tamoun, near Jenin.(AFP Photo / Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
Stone-throwing Palestinian protesters carry an injured protester during clashes with high tech Israeli death squads in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
A Palestinian protester throws a stone near burning tyres during clashes with Israeli death squads in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
Palestinian protesters throw stones near burning tyres during clashes with Israeli death squads in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
A stone-throwing Palestinian protester stands near burning tyres during clashes with Israeli death squads in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
A Palestinian protester defends his family, throws a stone as he holds a Molotov cocktail during clashes with high tech Israeli death squads in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin. (Reuters / Ammar Awad)
Top Photo: A Palestinian protester throws a stone near burning tyres during clashes with Israeli security officers in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
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Dozens of masked youths hid behind barricades hurling rocks and firebombs at the disguised soldiers. IDF regular units then scrambled to the scene firing rubber bullets and tear gas to quell the crowd. Reports that lethal ammunition was used were brushed aside by an Israeli military spokeswoman. The military said it arrested a “terrorist affiliated with the Islamic Jihad terror group.”
“A special forces squad went in on an arrest operation,” military radio reported. “It seems that a family or local residents spotted the force and then a big disturbances started… some 'soldiers' received superficial injuries from stones that were thrown,”
ynetnews quoted.
The incident comes as tensions continue to simmer following the Israel’s eight-day mission in mid-November to destroy rocket launching sites in Gaza. Shortly after the military operation that killed 168 Palestinians, most them civilians, including women and children, the UN General Assembly voted to upgrade the Palestinians’ diplomatic status to ‘non-member observer state’.
In a move widely considered to be retaliation for the upgraded UN status, the Israeli prime minister unfroze the building projects across the West Bank and East Jerusalem and vowed to continue building settlements in the “Israeli capital,” defying near-unanimous international criticism of the action.
Heroic Palestinian protestors hurl stones at Israeli death squads during clashes in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near Jenin.(AFP Photo / Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
Palestinian
protestors sling stones at Goliath Israeli death squads during clashes in the
West Bank village of Tamoun, near Jenin.(AFP Photo / Jaafar Ashtiyeh) Stone-throwing Palestinian protesters carry an injured protester during clashes with high tech Israeli death squads in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
A Palestinian protester throws a stone near burning tyres during clashes with Israeli death squads in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
Palestinian protesters throw stones near burning tyres during clashes with Israeli death squads in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
A stone-throwing Palestinian protester stands near burning tyres during clashes with Israeli death squads in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
A Palestinian protester defends his family, throws a stone as he holds a Molotov cocktail during clashes with high tech Israeli death squads in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin. (Reuters / Ammar Awad)
Top Photo: A Palestinian protester throws a stone near burning tyres during clashes with Israeli security officers in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
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