Israel continues striking Palestinians, nine shot, two Israeli army officers killed in retaliation
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/7/2002

Nine Palestinians were killed and many others wounded on Wednesday as a result of the mounted Israeli attacks against the Palestinian areas in which all types of sea, land and air weapons were used against unarmed Palestinians.

News reports said the Israeli tanks and bulldozers backed by Apache planes and gunboats on Wednesday at dawn incurred in Absan town in Khan Younis and this resulted in killing three Palestinians including one woman and wounding many others because of the Israeli random bombardment of the Palestinian houses.

Five tanks incurred into Rafah and several houses were destroyed while other 7 tanks were incurred in al-Shuja'eya quarters of a cover of Israeli fire of helicopters and gunboat and five Palestinian police and Force no. 17 centers were demolished.

Meantime, Israeli Apache planes bombarded a Palestinian sedan car and this resulted in the killing one member of the Palestinian naval force Lt. Jamal al-Sabagh and wounding the other passengers. The Israeli tanks also incurred in al-Qarrara quarters in Khan Younis, al-Breij quarters and and Sudaneyeh and the Israeli forces arrested tens of citizens including women, children and displaced hundreds of Palestinians from their houses.

One Palestinian police man was killed and other four wounded in Beit Lahia as a result of the Israeli air and land bombardment while another citizen was wounded in another incursion for the Israeli army in Rafah camp.

Israeli F-16 planes bombarded the headquarters of the Palestinian general security and the intelligence leadership in Gaza while the Israeli gunboat bombarded a headquarters for the Palestinian navy.

In the West Bank, a Palestinian youth was killed by the Israeli occupation bullets near a military check point in Qalqilya city and another youth was wounded as a result of launching of fire by the Israeli forces near Yurin village.

The Palestinian youth Abdul Razzaq Khuder 23 year from Nablus was also killed while the Israeli tanks, escorted by huge bulldozers cordoned Selat al-Daher and Yamoun in Jenin district in preparations to breaking into them, but the Palestinian resistance men were able to stop the invading force after strong confrontation.

Even school children were also subjected to the brutal Israeli aggressions, when the Israeli army opened fire at Selat al-Daher and many were strongly wounded, while the Israeli planes and tanks bombarded a position for the Fatah movement in Hebron and destroyed it completely. The Apache planes bombarded several areas in Ramullah.

An Israeli military spokesman admitted the killing of two army officers and wounding of other three while the Palestinians confronted a sneaking attempt to the east of Kan Younis. Another army officer was killed during an incursion operation in Eisan town, while Hamas movement announced that a group of its cadres attacked an Israeli patrol inside the territories of 1948, and killed two soldiers and succeeded in pulling back.

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