Israeli Troops Enter West Bank Towns
August 20, 2003
Israeli troops entered the West Bank towns of Nablus and Jenin in tanks and armored personnel carriers early Thursday, searching houses in a series of raids, police and Palestinian officials said.
Shots rang out in Jenin after some 20 tanks, personnel carriers and other vehicles entered, witnesses said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties in either town. A curfew was imposed in central Nablus after more than 30 vehicles – mostly trucks and a few tanks – entered the town.