some 24 Palestinians killed, hundreds wounded by Israel's breaking in Balata, Jenin camps
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/2/2002

Some 24 Palestinian were killed and hundreds wounded because of the Israeli terrorism which targeted on Friday and Thursday most of the areas of the West Bank and Gaza.

The strongest clashes took place in Jenin and Balata camps for the Palestinian refugees when the Palestinians flocked to defend their lands against the Israeli invading forces which used tanks and Apache planes in bombarding secure houses.

News reports said that among the killed were the two brothers Eyad and Yasser al-Sayed ( 25 and 28 year old) Mahmoud al-Azeb ( 33 year old; Loui Amin ( 16 year old), Khaled Najm ( 19 year old) and Maria Abu Surreia ( 8 year old). All of them were killed during the Israeli breaking in in Jenin. Other 230 Palestinian were wounded during clashes and the Palestinian confrontation of the Israeli invading forces.

One Israeli soldier was killed and others were wounded in these attacks. Member of the Israeli Knesset Yusi Sarid criticized the two Israeli breaking in in Jenin and Balata camps and called for immediate pullout from them, while the Israeli minister of the environment Tsahi Hankbi said that the Israeli army received clear information to eliminate the Intifada. He said that such operations to eliminate the Palestinian Intifada will take years.

The Israeli defense minister Benjamin Bin Aliazer said he views with great concern the criticism addressed by certain army officers to the two breaking in operations. He said that all army leaders in Israel took part in planning and preparation for breaking into Balata and Jenin Camps.

In Jerusalem, 4 settlers were wounded in the confrontation took place in Geilo settlement and news reports said that the Israeli army asked the settlers at the said settlement to stay in their houses of fears of having new confrontation with the Palestinians.

The chairman of Jerusalem's municipality Ehud Olmert announced that the municipality has started to install a siege separating Nafe Yaqoub settlement and the Palestinian al-Bareed quarters within the context of isolation plans between the the Israelis and the Palestinians.

A similar siege will be installed between Beit Jala and the settlement Geilo quarters.

The Palestinians in Gaza on Friday demonstrated in solidarity with the people of the West Bank who are subjected to extermination operations by the Israeli army.

The spokesman for Hamas, Abdul Aziz al-Ranteisi called for halting any attempt to normalize relations with Israel.

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