World News 19-10-2000 Israelis Arrest Lynch Mob Suspects who: Israeli forces what: Arrest suspects in lynch mob murder investigation where: West Bank when: Yesterday snippet: "An Israeli undercover unit has seized eight suspected members of the Palestinian mob that lynched two Israeli soldiers last week," reports The Telegraph`s Alan Philps. "Among the suspects is a man caught on camera emerging from the scene of the killing with his bloodied hands raised triumphantly in the air". The brutal murder of Israeli reserves who took a wrong turn in the West Bank town of Ramallah, and the immediate retaliation by Israeli gunships, made headlines worldwide last week. "The television footage of a mob of Palestinians swarming into the police station and beating and stabbing the two soldiers prompted President Bill Clinton to call the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in an attempt to reach a ceasefire," claims The Independent`s Eric Silver. "Details of the operation that led to the arrests of the alleged lynch-mob members were shrouded in secrecy last night," says David Dillon in The Express. "But the consequences could be potentially explosive if it is discovered that undercover Israeli commandos entered Palestinian territory to seize the eight people." [... more]

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