Posted on 06/29/2002 9:05:55 AM PDT by xvb
U.S. MARINES, ISRAEL EXAMINE W. BANK OPERATIONS
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- U.S. and Israeli military commanders are studying the massive search-and-destroy operation for Palestinian insurgents in the West Bank.
The examination involves the Israeli Defense Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps. The marines want to learn from the Israeli experience in urban warfare.
The focus of the joint effort was a review of Israel's capture of the Palestinian refugee camp outside the West Bank city of Jenin. The three-day battle left 23 Israelis and more than 50 Palestinians dead.
The military talks took place in both Israel and the United States. Marine corps commanders watched Israeli exercises and Israeli officers viewed a U.S. exercise in urban warfare last month.
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