Palestinians admit capture of prisoners shows Israeli intel prowess

The recapture of Ayham Kamamji and Munadel Enfayat is also a blow to the Fatah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) gunmen in the Jenin refugee camp who had over the past few days pledged to defend the fugitives and foil any attempt by the IDF to enter the camp or the city of Jenin, the residents said.

PIJ members Kamamji and Enfayat surrendered to the IDF after the house in the eastern part of Jenin city they were hiding in was surrounded by dozens of soldiers.

The two were hiding in the home of Abdel Rahman Abu Ja’far, a clothes merchant whose brother, Ehab, was one of the commanders of Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades during the Second Intifada.

Abdel Rahman Abu Ja’far was detained by the IDF together with the fugitives.

masked gunmen in the streets of Jenin Refugee Camp (credit: KHALED ABU-TOAMEH)

“The arrest of the two prisoners shows that Israel has collaborators in Jenin,” said Jenin resident Abdullah al-Natour. “Unfortunately, collaborators have always existed not only in Jenin, but in most cities, villages and refugee camps.”

Then, a Fatah-affiliated armed group called Fahd al-Aswad (Black Panther) killed several suspected informants in the Jenin area, forcing many others to flee their homes. The IDF set up a special camp called Fahmeh on the southern outskirts of Jenin for the suspected collaborators and their families. Other families were moved to Arab communities inside Israel.

Some Palestinian social-media users accused the Palestinian Authority of assisting Israel in tracking down…