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Tuesday 01 Sep 2015 - 20:45 Makkah mean time-17-11-1436
 Ramallah (IINA) - Dozens of people have been wounded in a shootout between Israeli forces and Islamic Jihad members in the city of Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported.
The fighting broke out overnight Monday after about 40 Israeli army vehicles turned up outside the house of the group's senior commander, Bassam al-Saeedi, in the al-Hadaf neighborhood of the Jenin refugee camp, sources said. A Palestinian security official said that a local leader of Hamas, Majdi Abu al-Heija, his son, and his brother were arrested in the raid. Israeli soldiers surrounded their home and came under fire from Palestinians protecting the two men. Several Palestinians were wounded and taken to hospital, he said.
Israeli forces then used bulldozers to demolish parts of the home. Soldiers also tried to arrest Islamic Jihad member al-Saeedi but could not find him, he said. He spoke anonymously as he is not allowed to brief the media. Israeli troops withdrew from the camp after demolishing al-Heija's home. Medical sources said that they have dealt with 12 injures, most due to the effects of tear gas.
Peter Lerner, the Israeli army spokesman, confirmed an "exchange of fire" but did not elaborate further. A statement by the Israeli military released later said there had been an "activity to arrest a senior Hamas operative in Jenin." "A violent riot of hundreds of Palestinians erupted in the area. The crowd hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at the forces. A border police officer was moderately injured," the statement read. Al-Shabab claims 'scores' killed in attack on AU troops
The attack in Janaale, in the country's Lower Shabelle province, early on Tuesday was confirmed by residents, but an exact casualty figure was not immediately available. The assault involved the use of a car bomb, which breached the defences at an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Janaale, residents said. Heavily armed fighters then stormed the base killing about 50 soldiers, mainly from Uganda, according to al-Shabab's spokesman. There was no word from the African Union or Somalia's government on the attack.
In July, al-Shabab claimed to have killed “dozens” of AMISOM troops at an outpost in Lego, about 100km northwest of the capital. The attack on Lego also began with a suicide car bomb, followed by an assault by members of the armed group.
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