Syrians take 3 Israelis "as prisoners" -- Syrian TV

[IScreamSundays]

Source: sabanews

Syrians take 3 Israelis "as prisoners" -- Syrian TV
<11/July/2010>

DAMASCUS, July 11 (Saba) -- Syrian residents of the Golan "have taken three Israeli soldiers as prisoners," the Syrian television reported on Sunday, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).

The state-run television said, "The sons of the Golan have captured three Israeli soldiers during a raid targeting a house in the town of Majdal Shams" in the moutainuous region, partly under Israeli occupation.

The television also reported simultaneous clashes between the Syrian natives and the Israeli soldiers in the town.

Read more: http://www.sabanews.net/en/news219413.htm

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Not sure of the source.

[IScreamSundays]

1. Something else I found

12 Syrians wounded in fierce clashes with Israelis in Golan -- Israel Radio
Military and Security 7/11/2010 9:05:00 PM

DAMASCUS, July 11 (KUNA) -- Violent clashes broke out on Sunday in the Golan town of Majdal Shams and the local residents held three Israeli soldiers, the State-run Syrian Television reported.
The television said the troops surrounded the town and tried to free the three soldiers who were held inside a house in the town.
The violence flared up when the troops tried to levy fees. They burst into the house of a local resident, Mohammad Al-Shaer, but three of the soldiers were captured and held by angry Syrian residents.
Earlier, the Syrian television said the town, one of four mainly-Durze towns dotting the mountainuous region, was under siege by the Israeli forces, backed by gunship helicopters roaring across the skies over the hill-top town.
In a broadcast monitored in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Israel Radio said 12 Syrians were wounded in the violence in the Golan today. They were injured when the angry Arabs attacked an Israeli security force in Majdal Shams.
The radio station said the Arab residents attacked the Israeli troops who were raiding a location in the town, showering the troops with stones.
The Israelis called in reinforcements and hurled tear gas in the director of the protesting Syrians, the radio said.
Israel captured the Syrian heights in the 1967 war.
Natives of the town, who hold Syrian citizenship, had engaged in violent clashes with the Israeli forces several times in the past.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2100137&Language=en

[bushmeister0]

2. Yikes! This ought to turn out well. nt

[enlightenment]

4. They broke into the house to 'levy fees'?

Why are Israeli soldiers levying fees? What fees?

[rayofreason]

6. Jizya perhaps?

Nah. That only works one way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizya

[proteus_lives]

3. This will end well.

:sarcasm:

[bushmeister0]

5. Situation resolved, apparently . . .

IDF wasn't involved, it was local police.

Haartez:

"The police officers who were trapped in the restaurant by the mob have since been rescued . . . A number of police cars were damaged during the incident.

A village resident who witnessed the incident told Haaretz that thousands of people surrounded the restaurant in an attempt to stop the police.

Eyewitnesses said that several people, including children, were wounded as police tried to disperse the protesters."

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/druze-protesters-clash-with-police-searching-restaurant-in-golan-village-1.301306