Jonathan D. Halevi, said that five members of the Samouni family were affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and that militants from that organisation were operating in the area around the time Israeli tanks began shelling the group of homes belonging to the Samouni extended family.
That five members of the Samouni family were affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. This was what Jonathan D. Halevi said. That militants from that organisation were operating in the area around the time Israeli tanks began shelling the group of homes. This was what Jonathan D. Halevi said. These homes were belonging to the Samouni extended family.