A large funeral for Abu Ali Mustafa, three Palestinians killed,51 wounded, 38 houses destroyed
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/29/2001

Tens of thousands of Palestinians on Tuesday took part in the funeral of Abu Ali Mustafa, the secretary general of the People's Front For the Liberation of Palestine at a time when two palestinians were killed and 51 wounded and more than 38 houses were completely destroyed by the Israeli fires.

This was when the Israeli forces on Tuesday re-occupied parts of Beit Jala and broke into Bethlehem and Aida camp near it, Beit Sahour, Rafah, and Deir al-Balah and caused more casualties in the lines of the Palestinians and inflicted great losses in properties and farms.

The Israeli forces also seized 45 children in an orphan from one of the churches in Beit Jala and took off the doors of the church.

The Israeli government gave the army full freedom to practice its practices in killing the Palestinian civilians and destroying their houses.

Commander of the Israeli forces in the West Bank Gen. Gary Yitzhak said that the Israeli government gave him full authorities in timing and place to complete his military plan he had already set. The plan states to re-occupy the Palestinian territories gradually and destroy their houses and assassinate them daily.

Meantime, the Palestinian masses and national forces stressed upon the funeral held for Abu Ali Mustafa in Ramullah that there is no other chance for the Palestinians but to maintain all forms of struggle against the Zionist enemy.

On Tuesday evening the Palestinian youth Tamer Riyadh Zaarab (17 year old) died because of his wounds caused by the Israeli bullets in Tel Zaarab area in Rafah near the border with Egypt.

The Palestinian policeman Muhammad Samour was killed and other seven Palestinians including two women were seriously wounded in new israeli breaking in and incursion operations in Beit Jala, Beit Sahour in the West Bank and Rafah.

Palestinian medical sources and eye-witnesses said that the Israeli tanks broke into Beit Jala which is close to Bethlehem after being besieged by tanks, helicopters and armored vehicles and occupied several positions, buildings and houses for the Palestinians in the town following violent confrontation during which bombs and machine guns hit the houses of the Palestinians and this resulted in killing the Palestinian policeman Muhammad Samour (23 year old) and destruction of several houses.

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