Israeli Death Squads still operating during Gaza cease-fire
Israeli army assassinates two Palestinians in Nablus
Tuesday June 24, 2008, Ameen Abu Wardeh for IMEMC (International Middle East media Centre)
"Eyewitnesses confirmed that no exchange of fire took place and that the two were killed although they were unarmed. Medical sources said troops did not allow ambulances to enter the area until five hours."
Two Palestinians from Jenin were killed in a special Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday morning.
After midnight, Israeli troops surrounded he house where the two reside in Al-Makhfiyeh neighborhood in Nablus and opened heavy fire at their flat and destroyed it, and detained five civilians, eyewitnesses reported.
Palestinian civil defense who found the bodies under the rubble, identified the two as, Eyad Khanfar, 24 a student at An-Najah University, while the other was Tarek Abu Ghali, 25 an operative of the Islamic Jihad in Jenin.
Dr. Ghassan Hamdan, head of the Medical Relief Services in Nablus said that the two were shot many times in their bodies and some of the bullets penetrated their heads vertically.
The soldiers also detained five residents of the neighboring building who were terrified by the explosions and the shooting.
Eyewitnesses confirmed that no exchange of fire took place and that the two were killed although they were unarmed.Medical sources said troops did not allow ambulances to enter the area until five hours.