When he learned that the Israeli army had launched a raid this week to comb for weapons and explosives in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Mahmoud Sarahat and his friends mobilized to fight back. His comrades shot at Israeli soldiers, while he helped evacuate the wounded and the dead, he said, retrieving their guns to give to other fighters. After two days of violence left 12 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier dead, the Israelis pulled out on Wednesday, leaving behind damaged homes, broken infrastructure and renewed rage at Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. But it was mixed with frustration with the Palestinians’ own leaders for their failure to chart a better future for their people, much less to protect them. “We want the Authority to leave,” Mr. Sarahat, 23, said of the Palestinian Authority.

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Persons: Mahmoud Sarahat, ” Mr, Sarahat, ” Organizations: West, West Bank, Palestinian Authority, “ Locations: West Bank, Jenin, ” Israel