Whodunit?

Today, I was noticing on the Haaretz news ticker the following item:

21:28 Islamic Jihad leader in Jenin, Husam Jaradat, critically wounded by IDF fire (Haaretz)

With all the bad news coming out of that area, I didn't think much about it, but a little later, this following piece comes up:

21:53 Fearing his arrest by IDF, Jihad militants snatch Husam Jaradat from hospital (Haaretz)

Arutz Sheva tell us:

(IsraelNN.com) Palestinian eyewitnesses have reported that Islamic Jihad leader Hussam Jeradat was mortally wounded by IDF fire in Jenin earlier today. An IDF spokesman stated that the army was aware of shooting in the city, but the circumstances of the incident have not yet been investigated.

Later on, Jaradat was removed from hospital by Islamic Jihad activists, because they were concerned that the IDF would find him. Jaradat’s condition is not yet clear.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=110672

Images of commandos making a raid in a hospital flashed through my head. But then it gets interesting:

00:19 Islamic Jihad says not sure IDF behind shooting on Jaradat in Jenin (AP)

Not an IDF raid? A squabble between factions masquerading as an IDF hit? Islamic Jihad sources told Ynet that they are looking into the possibility that the assassination attempt was part of an internal rift after last Tuesday Jaradat and his men clashed with a Palestinian commander who tried to confiscate a stolen car in their possession.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3295044,00.html


A stolen car, high tensions, and a man who has been dodging assassination attempts for weeks now, snatched out of a hospital bed where he may be dieing...the stuff of movies. It is not known if he is still alive or dead. More to follow, I am sure. I hope his fellows didn't kill him in trying to save him.