Israel bombs Gaza and UN headquarters, al-Aqsa Martyrs group dissolved
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/12/2002

Israeli F 16 and Apache planes on Monday bombarded by missiles Gaza and the bombardment resulted in the destruction of the leaderships of the Palestinian security department which was forced to evacuate the prison.

The Israeli bombardment destroyed the surrounding of the central prison in Gaza.

News reports said the Israeli aggression coincided with children's coming out of their schools and this led to the increase in the number of the wounded to 37, besides the US photographer George Kiss, the photographer of al-Jazira TV Mahmoud Obeid and the photographer of the Palestinian TV Nabeel Abu Debba.

Meantime, the Israeli attacks at Rafah resulted in killing the Palestinian youth Mahmoud Abu Kabbaja, while the Israeli forces incurred once again in al-Maghazi camp to the south of Gaza and the Israeli bulldozers demolished several houses and burnt hundreds of cultivated lands.

In the West Bank, the Israeli forces incurred in Nablus and 20 Israeli tanks took the streets of the city escorted by heavy artillery.

News reports said that strong confrontation took place near al- Nabi Youssef tomb between the citizens and the invading forces and this resulted in wounding two officers in the Palestinian police.

At Balata camp, strong confrontations also took place between the Palestinian youths and the Israeli forces which impose a military siege on the region. News reports said the Israeli forces arrested one citizen and hit another by bullets during the breaking in operations.

Meantime, the town of Tammoum which has been besieged for the third running days witnessed a breaking in operations to houses, while Toulkarem city witnessed the arrest of Fadi Fatehi Matar, who is member at the Fatah movement under the accusation of taking part in the Intifada.

Sanjal village which belongs to Ramullah witnessed a breaking in operation during which the Israeli forces inspected several houses and arrested citizens under charges of preparing for operations against the Israeli forces. Similar acts of detention were held in al-Tour quarters.

Meanwhile, an Israeli military spokesman admitted that the Israeli F-16 warplanes which bombarded Gaza targeted a headquarters for UNESCO and this resulted in wounding two members of the UN and large number of Palestinian civilians recruited at the center.

Simultaneously, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas claimed responsibility for launching " Qassam 2 " missile at Neve Dekalim settlement in Gaza.

One of the leaders of the Movement Abdul Aziz al-Ranteisi said that the "Israeli threats and warning will not frighten us and Hamas will continue to implement the operations until occupation is eliminated."

Meantime, groups of the military wing of al-Aqsa martyrs of the Fatah movement announced acceptance of the decision to dissolve itself taken by the leadership of the "Fatah" movement chaired by Yasser Arafat. It said in a statement:" we announce our acceptance of the decision taken by the revolution council of the Fatah movement which met under the leadership of Arafat, in which he decided to solve al-Aqsa Martyrs groups and al-Awda ( return back) groups."

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