Three Israeli soldiers hit in confrontations with the Palestinians
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/9/2001

The Israeli aggressions continued on Wednesday against Palestinian towns and villages. The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon stressed he will continue the policy of assassination and in retaliation the Palestinians continued their Intifada.

Meantime, the Israeli helicopters bombarded Palestinian areas in Nablus and Palestinian police centers in Salfeit and Arieha towns and these resulted in heavy casualties.

Four mortars fell on Natsar Hazani in Ghoushe Katieve in Gaza and the Israeli position in Rafah was exposed to Palestinian bombs.

Units of the Israeli army on Wednesday leveled the Agricultural lands cultivated in al-Salqa valley to the east of Deir al-Balah, while other Israeli army units incurred for a distance of 400 meters into the territories that fall under the Palestinian territories and destroyed a large part of the valley.

Meantime, two Israeli soldiers were wounded when an explosive went off in a military car carrying them on the Jabal Eibal mountain in the West Bank, while the groups of " al-Aqsa martyrs" of the " Fatah " movement announced responsibility for killing an Israeli settler to the north of the West Bank.

A booby trapped car went off at an Israeli military inspection point in the West bank and this resulted in the killing of the driver and wounding of one Israeli soldier.

Israeli military forces said that the operation was carried out in the central part of the Jordan valley after the Israeli soldiers ordered the Palestinian to stop his car on the sideline of the road but the car went off just few seconds and the " Hamas" movement claimed responsibility for this operation.

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