Two Palestinians were killed, 100 wounded in F-16 Israeli raids
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/19/2002

In a new escalation steps against the Palestinians, Israeli F 16 warplanes on Friday morning bombarded several villages in north of Ramullah and the headquarters of the Palestinian authority in Toulkarem. This resulted in wounding tens of the Palestinians and heavy damages in the buildings and the electricity rid.

A Palestinian source said the Israeli forces bombarded by missiles the towns of north Ramullah and broke into Beitonia area and occupied several buildings and Palestinian authority headquarters, while al- Beera city and its surrounding were exposed to similar operations and the Israeli forces announced the mid of Ramullah as a closed military area.

The sources stressed that number of Palestinian wounded in the Israeli raids against Toulkarem increased to 40 persons and that 6 Palestinians were hit by the Israeli soldiers bullet during confrontations with the Israeli forces in Ramullah.

One Palestinian was killed during the confrontation in Ramullah in the West Bank.

Eye- witnesses said that the Palestinian Hali Odeh ( 22 year old) was killed during his participation in the clashes in the region in which incurred were Israeli army tanks, 30 meters from the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat.

The Palestinian Faraj Hani ( 21 year old) was killed in Douma village, situated between Ramullah and Nablus.

Palestinian sources said that the Israeli forces opened live, rubber bullets and tear gas to oppress the Palestinian Intifada and this resulted in wounding scores of Palestinians and the Palestinians retaliated by throwing explosives.

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