Israeli forces strike by tanks, Apache planes Gaza and Toulkarem
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/8/2001

The Israeli forces positioned at al-Mintar crossing bombarded on Friday by tanks missiles a cables factory to the East of Gaza and this resulted in completely burning and destroying the said factory.

The Apache helicopters attacked Toulkarem and the missiles hit several houses and this resulted in killing two Palestinians and wounding many others.

A spokesman for the Israeli army admitted the killing of Lt. Eirez Meikhafi and wounding of the woman army officer Limore Micheghal after the Palestinian Intifada youths opened fire at their car to the north of Toulkarem, while one woman settler had burns after an explosive by the Palestinians was thrown at " Rahb'am Zaef" settlement to the north of Jerusalem.

The Palestinians also retaliated to the Israeli aggressions by opening fire at Ghoushe Katieve settlement in Gaza, and this resulted in damaging several houses.

On the other hand, thousands of Palestinians on Friday eulogized the two Paletsinians who were killed by the Israeli forces Omar Sabah and Mustafa al-Anbas who were killed by the Israeli helicopters missiles in Toulkarem.

News reports said that the two killed Palestinians were from the Fatah movement and that Raed al-Karmi, one of the movement's activists, escaped the attack but was hit in his eye.

The Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian lands Sheikh Ikramah Sabri has warned against the Israeli schemes to strike the Palestinian Intifada which has united the Palestinian people under the banner of resistance to liberate Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories from the Israeli forces.

In a speech he delivered at al-Ifta' council in Sidon he visited on Friday together with the representative of the Orthodox church in Jerusalem Archmandrite Atallah Hanna, Sheikh Ikramah added that the Palestinian Intifada is the protective shield for the Arab and Islamic nations from the " Zionist aggression which plans to strike the countries of the ME."

For his part, Archmandrite Hanna stressed that the Palestinians, Muslims and Christians, will continue just struggle to liberate al-Aqsa mosque and al-Qeyamah church and every " inch of Palestine regardless to sacrifice."

Meantime, the secretary of the Fatah movement in the West Bank Marwan al-Barghouthi said that the acts of assassination carried out by the government of Ariel Sharon will not undermine the will of the Palestinian people to struggle and resistance to restore back the usurped rights.

Previous Stories:
  Two Palestinians were killed, one Israeli soldier killed, another wounded in Toulkarem   (9/7/2001)
  More Israelis quit the settlements   (9/6/2001)
  Intensive re-deployment of the Israeli army in the West Bank, Gaza   (9/6/2001)

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