Israel demolishes four houses in Jerusalem
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/7/2002

The Israeli tanks on Wednesday bombarded one of the residential areas in Rafah, Gaza and this resulted in killing the Palestinian youth Fadi al-Azzazi and inflecting heavy damages in a Palestinian position.

Israeli naval vessels, on the other hand, intercepted a Palestinian fishing boat at Gaza coast and arrested three Palestinian fishermen.

A Palestinian security source said the Israeli forces blocked a cross road leading to Abu Houli in Deir al-Balah in the context of the Israeli besiege family against the Palestinians.

The Israeli forces demolished 4 Palestinian houses in Beit Hanania, one of the suburbs of Jerusalem, in the framework of an expanded Israeli schemes unveiled by the chairman of the Jerusalem's municipality Ehud Olmert states to threaten hundreds of Palestinian houses in the eastern part of the city.

The Israeli radio, to this effect, said that the demolishing process which started in Beit Hanania will continue for the coming days and weeks until all houses mentioned in the demolishing plan will be removed. This means that the Israeli forces have actually started the implementation of the " Transfer" policy to expel the Palestinian of Jerusalem from their houses.

On the other hand, Palestinian resistance men on Wednesday evening attacked Hamra settlement in the Jordan valley of the West Bank by heavy machine guns. An Israeli source said that the attacks resulted in killing one Israeli settler and one soldier and wounding of other three. The Palestinian who carried out this operation was also killed. Ambulances were sent to the site of the operation and an Israeli helicopter evacuated the wounded.

Moreover, one Israeli soldier was wounded on Wednesday in confrontations that took place in the surrounding of Neve Dekalim settlement in Gaza between the Palestinian Intifada youths and the Israeli forces.

Previous Stories:
  Israel continues its breaking in operations in Deir al-Balah   (2/6/2002)
  Five Palestinians murdered by Israeli Apache planes   (2/5/2002)
  Sheikh Yassin urges Palestinians to continue Intifada   (2/5/2002)
  Mubarak: Israel does not go ahead towards peace   (2/4/2002)
  Aftermath of the recent destruction of homes in Rafah   (1/28/2002)
  Ha'aretz: Israel's destruction of Palestinian houses is war crime   (1/16/2002)
  Demolition of Palestinian homes, an act of collective punishment, Amnesty International says   (1/15/2002)
  Amnesty condemns demolition of Palestinian houses   (12/8/1999)

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