Palestinian security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas handed back an Israeli army officer, who lost his way Monday into the northern West Bank city of Jenin, witnesses and security sources said.
The witnesses said that the Israeli officer, wearing his Israeli army olive-green uniform, was driving a civilian car when he was blocked by a Palestinian roadblock at the entrance into the city.
The officer and his car were then taken to the main Palestinian security headquarters in the city, they added.
Dozens of angry residents in Jenin arrived at the scene after hearing the news, burned the soldier's car and threw stones at the Palestinian security headquarters, said the witnesses.
Shortly after the officer was captured, an Israeli army force infiltrated into the city center, took the Israeli officer back and pulled out from the town.
Meanwhile, Sallah Bzour, an officer of the Palestinian preventive security in Jenin, told reporters that when the security forces knew the soldier got lost, "we did our duty to protect the people and their interests."
"After our security forces took the soldier to the main headquarters in the city, we handed over the soldier back to an Israeli army force," said Bzour.
Source: Xinhua
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