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Israeli forces detain senior Islamic Jihad official
04 Aug 2005 10:13:33 GMT
Source: Reuters
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Israeli troops detained the West Bank spokesman of the militant Islamic Jihad group on Thursday, Palestinian security sources said. Khader Adnan was taken into custody during a raid in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the sources said, a day after the group said it would suspend rocket attacks on Israel to facilitate an Israeli pullout from occupied Gaza in two weeks. An Israeli army spokeswoman said an "Islamic Jihad activist was arrested in Ramallah" but did not identify him or provide further information. Israel has detained dozens of Islamic Jihad militants since the movement, which is dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish state, carried out a suicide bombing on July 12 that killed five Israelis. Adnan, 27, has been held without charge by Israel several times in the past. Islamic Jihad said Israeli troops detained four other members of the group on Thursday in Jenin, a militant stronghold. Islamic Jihad was among 13 Palestinian factions to agree to a ceasefire with Israel last March but it has since carried out dozens of rocket attacks, accusing Israeli forces of violating the truce by arresting its members. The group announced it was ceasing the attacks after a rocket fired at southern Israel fell short and killed a 6-year-old boy in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The boy's father, wounded by the rocket, died in hospital on Thursday. Islamic Jihad said it had not fired the makeshift rocket that hit their house.
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