Five Israeli settlers killed in Itamar

March 12, 2011 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

12/03/2011 – 08:31 AM

NABLUS, (PIC)– Five Israeli settlers were killed in their house in Itamar settlement, which was built on Palestinian land in Nablus, at dawn Saturday.

Hebrew media claimed that a “terrorist suspect” infiltrated into the settlement and killed the father, mother, and three of their children.

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) were immediately deployed in the surrounding areas and clamped a curfew on nearby Palestinian villages as a large-scale combing operation was kicked off under heavy presence of choppers and reconnaissance planes.

PIC reporter said that the IOF troops closed off all entrances into Nablus city causing long queues of vehicles.

He quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the IOF soldiers manning roadblocks at the entrance to the city fired at anyone approaching them.

Local sources said that the soldiers stormed the village of Orta to the east of Nablus and broke into many homes and took away citizens.

Meanwhile, other IOF units stormed five villages south of Jenin city shortly after the attack and used flare bombs in abundance before combing the villages.

Five Israeli settlers killed in Itamar.

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