Israeli tanks incurred in Jenin, Gaza, two Israeli soldiers killed
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/12/2001

The Israeli tanks on Tuesday at dawn incurred in the city of Jenin from the northern and southern parts following intensive bombardment on the Palestinian police centers and the houses resulted in wounding more 12 Palestinians, while the Palestinian Authority called on the people of the city to maintain steadfastness and confrontation of the occupation forces, stressing that a center for "force no 17" and another for the Palestinian security were destroyed in the breaking in operation.

The two Palestinian youths Eyad al-Masri ( 18 year old) and Ibrahim Fayed ( 12 year old) were killed and other 8 wounded by the Israeli fire at the refugees camp in Jenin.

Later at the night, one Palestinian youth ( Muhammad Shiqfa 23 year old) was killed after he was wounded with other three when the Israeli army forces opened fire at a sedan car carrying them near Kafer Daroum settlement.

An Israeli military spokesman said that Israeli tanks and bulldozers broke into Jenin and fired its shells at the Palestinian centers and headquarters in the city and this resulted in cutting the electricity and destroying several houses, noting that F16 Israeli planes and war helicopters flew in the airspace of the area, while Israeli military sources stressed that the Israeli occupation army will stay in the area the way they did in Beit Jala town under the pretext of preventing fire to be opened from the city at Israeli targets.

An Israeli military force broke into Sheikh Ajleen area near Natsareim settlement in Gaza and bombarded by its shells a position for the Palestinian police.

In Rafah camp, four Palestinians were wounded as a result of the Israeli tanks bombardment and a Palestinian source announced that the Israeli army opened fire at a Palestinian civilian car near Kafer Daroum settlement and four of its passengers were wounded. In Hebron, three members of the Palestinian police were wounded by the Israeli bullets which incurred in an area near Abu Sininah quarters, while the Israeli forces closed offices and headquarters of the Palestinian Authority in al-Ayzareyah and Abu Deis towns near Jerusalem, in the context of the policy aiming at Judaizing the city ( of Jerusalem) and isolating it from other Palestinian cities. Israeli bulldozers also demolished three Palestinian houses in Beit Hanania which was exposed to a campaign of inspection under the pretext of searching for wanted Palestinians.

Meantime, an Israeli military spokesman admitted the killing of two Israeli soldiers and wounding a third in an attack carried out by the Palestinian Intifada youths against an Israeli military base to the north of Toulkarem on Tuesday morning and the Islamic Jihad movement claimed responsibility for this operation, explaining that Saraya al-Quds ( Jerusalem groups)- the group of martyr Abdul Fattah Muhammad Mosleh Rashed- could reach an Israeli military position in the West Bank and fired at it intensively and this resulted in killing or wounding several Israelis.

An Israeli source admitted that two Israeli soldiers were wounded when two explosives went off near Shakeed settlement, noting that two Israeli settlers were killed by the Palestinian Intifada youths in the West Bank.

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