Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07JERUSALEM1345
2007-06-28 13:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:  

NABLUS INCURSION: AT LEAST 12 PALESTINIANS

Tags:  KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 001345 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE, NSC FOR ABRAMS/WATERS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/28/2017
TAGS: KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER
SUBJECT: NABLUS INCURSION: AT LEAST 12 PALESTINIANS
ARRESTED, 8 IDF SOLDIERS INJURED


Classified By: Consul General Jake Walles, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 001345

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE, NSC FOR ABRAMS/WATERS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/28/2017
TAGS: KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER
SUBJECT: NABLUS INCURSION: AT LEAST 12 PALESTINIANS
ARRESTED, 8 IDF SOLDIERS INJURED


Classified By: Consul General Jake Walles, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (SBU) According to Palestinian security contacts and
Arabic-language media, Nablus has been under curfew since
0330 local on June 28 when the IDF entered the city and
clashed with Palestinian militants around the Old City,
Rafidiya neighborhood and Balata Refugee Camp. Militants
responded to the IDF with grenades, RPGs and explosive
charges, injuring at least eight IDF soldiers thus far (two
seriously). Palestinian and Israeli press report that the
IDF arrested at least 12 Palestinians, seized multiple caches
of pipe bombs, weapons and military equipment, and occupied
several homes and the city's radio and television stations.
Residents told Arabic-language media that the IDF broadcasted
curfew orders using captured radio stations and surrounded
the Rafidiya Hospital and several other medical clinics.


2. (SBU) The Fatah-aligned al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Abu
Ammar Brigades and the al-Baraq Army, and the PIJ al-Quds
Brigades all told Palestinian press mid-day June 28 that they
are fighting IDF infantry in several Nablus neighborhoods.
Israeli media report that the IDF continues to operate inside
Nablus to arrest wanted militants and eliminate terrorist
equipment and infrastructure. As of 1500 local, the
operation is ongoing.


3. (C) PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called the Consul
General twice on June 28 to register concern about the IDF
operation in Nablus. He noted that uncoordinated IDF actions
such as this make it more difficult for the PASF to act
against militias. "Such actions give the militants the
excuse they need to hold onto their weapons," he said. He
asked for the USG to register this point with the GoI and
encourage immediate contacts between the two sides, including
at the Ministerial level with MOI Yahya.
WALLES