Undercover IDF raid ignites mass clashes, injuries in West Bank

Published: 02 January, 2013, 02:31

Dozens of Palestinians have been wounded in clashes with undercover 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.”

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