Seven Palestinians were killed, including two children within 24 hours
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/2/2001

Seven Palestinian were killed during the 24 past hours and therefore the number of Palestinians who were killed since the eruption of the Palestinian Intifada on September 28 reached 507 and thousands were wounded of whom 320 have become completely disabled.

One Palestinian was killed on Tuesday and tens were wounded by shells of the Israeli tanks which targeted the Palestinian houses in Jenin, Bethlehem, Ramullah, Rafah, and Khan Younis at a time when violent confrontations continued in several areas of the west bank and Gaza.

Thousands of Palestinians on Tuesday held a funeral for four Palestinians including two children in Israeli explosions targeted their houses on Monday in Gaza. The funeral was held among assertions made by the Palestinians to continue the Intifada and resisting the Israeli practices.

The Israeli forces also arrested 12 Palestinians under the charges of resisting the occupation in Hebron, Ramullah, the Jordan valley and Jerusalem.

It was also on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority called on Israel to halt the assassination operations committed against the unarmed Palestinians.

Sources at the divan of the Israeli prime minister said that the Belgian foreign minister recommended in a report to the European Union to reduce the level of the European Union EU's states diplomatic representation to Israel, due to the oppressive policy practiced by the Israeli government against the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

Meantime, the Palestinian Muhammad Moussa Abu Jazer, who is an officer at the Palestinian police, was killed and other four, including a woman were strongly wounded as they were hit by the Israeli shells fired against them near the Rafah crossing in Gaza.

Moreover, five Palestinians were wounded by the Israeli army bullets during varied confrontations in al-Mintar Karni area to the east of Gaza and in Khan Younis.

Medical sources said that one Israeli settler was killed after his car was exposed to a fire near Ofra settlement to the north of Ramullah in the West Bank. The Israeli radio said that a re-enforced vehicle for the Israeli army arrived at the site of the incident and carried out a mopping up operation in search of the Palestinian who killed the settler.

Ezz Eddine al-Qassam groups, the military wing of the Palestinian national resistance movement Hamas announced responsibility for this operation which was carried out on the road between Ofra and Beit Eil settlement near Ramullah and resulted in killing the Israeli settler.

Previous Stories:
  Six Palestinians killed, two houses destroyed   (5/1/2001)
  The Palestinian Intifada continues   (4/30/2001)
  Tens of Palestinians wounded as a result of Israeli bombardment of Palestinian areas   (4/28/2001)

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