Five Palestinians killed, 50 wounded, four houses demolished in Palestinian territories
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/14/2000

The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday escalated their attacks on the Palestinian cities and Israeli tanks broke into Khan Younis and the aggression resulted in killing four Palestinians, several wounded while one Palestinian was killed in confrontation in Hebron ( al-Khalil).

In retaliation to the Israeli attacks the Palestinians detonated explosives in an Israeli tanks which was totally burnt.

News reports said the Israeli artillery bombarded Khan Younis and then the tanks broke into al-Khan camp inside the areas of the Palestinian government and started to remove installations for the Palestinian security forces.

The reports said that the four Palestinian martyrs were Jaber al-Sabaa ( 30 year old), Mahdi Ahmad Okeila( 35), Muhammad Abu al-Ola ( 25 year old) and Ahmad Ismael Mteir ( 30 year old). Other 50 Palestinians were wounded.

Later news reports said that the killed Palestinians are members in the Palestinian security forces and were killed defending their city Khan Younis.

In Hebron the Palestinian Youth Abbas Othman al-Oweidi ( 26 year old) was killed in the confrontations took place at Bab al-Zaweyah area.

Al-Oweisi is member at the palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

The Israeli occupation forces also demolished four Palestinian houses in Deir al-Balah owned by Youssef Bashir and Youssef Tawash and prevented citizens from approaching the house to save the furniture after the demolishing act.

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