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Anti-Terrorist Commander Describes Shootout in Jenin
(Ynet News) Meir Turgeman - Chief Superintendent D., 48, commander of the IDF's Mista'arvim special forces counter-terrorist squad, described Wednesday's shootout in Jenin in the West Bank. "The militants rained thousands of rounds of bullets at us, and for the first time used improvised explosive devices (IEDs). They prepared a death trap for us. They rigged the entrance to the house, and as soon as they spotted us, they activated four explosive charges of dozens of kilograms one after the other. It was of a magnitude I had never encountered before. There was a huge blast, the earth shook under our feet." "The whole operation to take out the wanted terrorists took ten minutes, but the exchanges of fire with camp militants lasted much longer." Under heavy fire, the force summoned armored vehicles to pick them up. "The troops crawled like in boot camp to take cover and after three hours of fighting we managed to get to safety."