IDF murder another civilian in her own home

Five fugitives from the Judean city of Hebron and from Gaza were traced to a rented room in a house in the town of Tulkarem in Samaria. They are said to include Iad Abdullah the head of Tulkarm Islamic Jihad, and his cousin Shadi Fuhad Mahmud Hamed. After a fruitless hour spent by IDF's elite Duvdevan unit today May 1st, trying to get the fugitives to surrender, warning shots were fired in the air and armoured bulldozers were sent in to demolish the house.

An IDF spokeman said "A suspicious movement in the house led the troops to fire at the structure". They shot and killed Etaf Zalat, 41, her 2 daughters were wounded and are being treated in hospital. Manal Ghanem, 22, Zalat's daughter who was wounded during the raid, said the terrorists were not related to the family.

The IDF have "opened an investigation" and are "sorry for any injury caused to innocent civilians".

Pic (c) Channel 2 Frame grabbed of operation underway.