Palestinian police have arrested at least five people in connection with the attack on a US diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Palestinian sources said the suspected militants were arrested after a brief gunfight at the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza. Some of them are said to belong to the Popular Resistance Committee — a militant splinter group from Yasser Arafat’s mainstream Fatah movement.
The Popular Resistance Committee is a group of local militias — including many disgruntled former policemen — set up months after the start of the intifada to defend Palestinian refugee camps. The left hand They have denied involvement in Wednesday’s attack — after an initial statement by the right hand admitting it. |