Gaza security tracking down suspects in recent Israeli raid
Security services in the Gaza Strip have arrested Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israeli forces in a foiled mission in Khan Yunis.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — In cooperation with armed factions in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security services are cracking down on Palestinians suspected of providing field and logistics services to Israeli special forces. Those forces entered the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 11, but armed Hamas fighters exposed the incursion.
Nearly all the Israelis managed to escape in a helicopter after heavy clashes with Hamas. One of the Israelis was killed; seven Palestinians died.
Security forces then launched the crackdown Nov. 13 and began seeking leads into the Israelis' mission. Investigators found sophisticated communications and electronic devices near a vehicle the invaders had abandoned. Israel had tried to destroy the evidence of the undercover raid by shelling the vehicle.
The Israeli special force apparently was seeking to collect intelligence information on the Palestinian factions’ military capabilities and to place a spying device in Khan Yunis. The crackdown has focused on the eastern parts of Khan Yunis near the border with Israel.
