Israelis storm Palestinian prison

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Tuesday March 14, 2006 14:41

by pat c

Israeli sodiers have invaded the West Bank Town of Jerhico and have murdered a prison guard during an attack on the jail. They are trying to seize PFLP Leaderr Ahmed Saadat who is alleged to have assassinated an Israeli cabinet minister. Mr Saadat is also normally guarded by British and US monitors but they were mysteriously withdrawn before the attack. Fuelling rumours of British and US complicity in the Israeli attack.

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Pat C

Israelis storm Palestinian prison

Israeli troops have taken control of a prison in the West Bank town of Jericho, firing on the jail, destroying its walls and killing a guard.
They are trying to seize militant Ahmed Saadat, blamed for the killing of a minister. He is refusing to surrender.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has blamed the withdrawal of UK and US prison monitors for the raid.

The Israeli raid in Jericho has sparked a series of clashes and protests in Gaza, and at least one kidnap.

A BBC correspondent at the prison in Jericho says there has been Israeli tank and helicopter fire on the jail.

An Israeli bulldozer could be seen demolishing walls outside the prison. Our correspondent says a number of Palestinian guards and Mr Saadat, are still holed up in part of the prison.

In related events:

The International Red Cross has confirmed that its director in Gaza has been kidnapped.

A British cultural centre in Gaza has been set ablaze and an EU compound stormed.

Hundreds of people in Gaza and Jericho have been demonstrating against the Israeli raid.

Palestinian militants from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Gaza City have warned US and UK nationals to leave the Palestinian territories immediately.
Reports from Jericho said Mr Saadat, of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and several of his colleagues were refusing to come out of the prison.