Nablus, West Bank, Aug 24, SPA -- Israeli troops raided the Askar refugee camp in this West Bank city Tuesday, rounding up hundreds of its male residents and detaining them in a highschool courtyard, witnesses said. The raid came just a day after Israeli troops withdrewfrom Nablus after more than a week of a series of searchesand arrests in the city's center. The army frequentlyoperates in Nablus, the West Bank's largest city, saying itis a center of resistance activity. Dozens of Israeli troops, backed by army jeeps and armoredvehicles, entered the camp early Tuesday morning, enforceda curfew, and sealed off all entrances to the camp,witnesses said.--SPA1537 Local Time 1237 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/194681
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