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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: IN_GOD_I_TRUST who wrote (653)	11/27/2001 12:16:59 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

IDF prepares for overnight withdrawal from Jenin By Amos Harel, Ha'aretz Correspondent, and agencies The son of Hamas suicide bomber Tayseer al-Ajrami, holds a picture of his father in the Jabalya refugee in the Gaza Strip. (Photo: Reuters) The IDF was beginning its withdrawal from the positions it took in Jenin after the assassination of Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi on October 17, military and Palestinian sources confirmed Monday night. The withdrawal was to be completed by Tuesday morning - barring any unforeseen incidents. Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer hinted Monday during the day that he wanted to withdraw the IDF from Jenin in advance of American peace envoy Anthony Zinni's arrival. Zinni arrived Tuesday night. Shots were fired Monday afternoon and evening from Beit Jala at the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem. IDF troops returned fire. Shots were also fired at a Border Police force near Har Homa from the direction of Beit Sahur. There were no injuries in both incidents. The militant Islamic Hamas movement Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in which a Palestinian killed himself and lightly wounded two Border Policemen next to the Erez industrial area in the Gaza Strip. The bomber left a note saying the attack was in retaliation for Israel's Friday assassination of senior Hamas military commander Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, and for the five Palestinian children killed in error last week by an Israeli explosives planted in Gaza. The attack took place at the crossing point for Palestinians entering Israel, where the bomber joined workers waiting to be cleared for entry. The two policemen sustained wounds to the legs from shrapnel and were taken to Barzilai Hospital in Askelon. Their lives were not in danger, a Magen David Adom official said. In a statement, Hamas identified the assailant as 26-year-old Teissir al-Ajarmi from the Jebaliya refugee camp near Gaza City. "It is the time for me to offer my soul, a sacrifice for God," al-Ajrami wrote in a note he left in his home. "I have long wished to be a martyr for the sake of God to get revenge on the Zionists for all they have done to our people and last week the killing of five children and the assassination of the holy fighter Mahmoud Abu Hanoud," his letter said. More than 15 mortar shells landed on settlements and IDF posts in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening. There were no injuries in all the incidents. One mortar landed near a caravan in one of the Gaza Strip settlements and caused it slight damage. Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said at a cabinet meeting Sunday that there was a sharp increase in the number of mortars fired in the area, and that some 22 mortars were fired at Israeli targets over the weekend. One of the mortars killed IDF reservist Barak Madmon from Holon, and injured two other soldiers. Meanwhile, Palestinian sources said that IDF troops had entered a Palestinian-controlled area in the north of the Gaza Strip.