Samer Saadi
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Samer Saadi was a leading figure in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
in Jenin
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He was killed during an Israel
i incursion into Jenin in the West Bank
, along with two other Palestinian militants. (There are different reports of the names of the two others, but most accounts describe them as his cousin, also called Samer Saadi, and Nidal Ahluf.)
Later the same day, Zakaria Zubeidi
, leader of the Al-Aqsa Brigades in Jenin, announced that his group's six-month ceasefire was now at an end.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank. The group's name refers to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem...
in Jenin
Jenin
Jenin is the largest town in the Northern West Bank, and the third largest city overall. It serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate and is a major agricultural center for the surrounding towns. In 2007, the city had a population of 120,004 not including the adjacent refugee...
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He was killed during an Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i incursion into Jenin in the West Bank
West Bank
The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
, along with two other Palestinian militants. (There are different reports of the names of the two others, but most accounts describe them as his cousin, also called Samer Saadi, and Nidal Ahluf.)
Later the same day, Zakaria Zubeidi
Zakaria Zubeidi
Zakaria Muhammad 'Abdelrahman Zubeidi is a former Palestinian militant leader, who recently ended his years on Israel's most-wanted list by handing over his guns to the Palestinian National Authority and accepting Israeli amnesty. He had been the Jenin chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and...
, leader of the Al-Aqsa Brigades in Jenin, announced that his group's six-month ceasefire was now at an end.