Israel carries out carnage in Ramullah; 16 Israelis killed, wounded in operation
Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/1/2002

The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday escalated its aggression in Ramullah city in particular and in other cities of the West Bank and Gaza.

News agencies described the Israeli collective massacres and detention as the ugliest against humanity which even targeted foreign journalists, ambulances, hospitals and doctors.

Meantime, the official for Sharon's office David Baker said that the "Israeli government will not leave even one stone safe" and will fight cruelly until the Intifada is stopped. The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, himself said "we will continue the open war and Arafat is Israel's enemy." Israel's terrorism on Sunday resulted in killing tens of Palestinians who were killed in a cold blood in Ramullah. More than 200 young men were arrested in the allies of besieged Ramullah after they were gathered at public squares and derived naked. Medical teams said that there are huge number of killed or wounded Palestinians tolled to 30 shot to death Palestinians in Ramullah al-Tahta and that the Israeli forces prevented the wounded to be admitted to hospitals or to be given medical care News agencies correspondents stressed that the already grave conditions are deteriorating hour by hour and the clashes continue in Ramullah where the Palestinian bravely defend their lands and homes.

The Israeli forces broke into Walid al-Nazer women hospital and carried out mass killings and also the houses of relatives for the secretary of the Fatah movement Marwan al-Barghouthi, and arrested many of them for investigations Several members of Arafat's guards were wounded during attempts made to break into his headquarters and nobody know the volume of losses in Arafat's headquarters because of the tightened besiege. The Israeli general in charge of supervising Ramullah operations Ron Ketheir said " we received instructions to freeze Arafat's move but without eliminating him physically." In Addition to Ramullah, the Israeli forces tightened its siege in al-bera, Bethlehem, Beit Jala, Toulkarem, Qalqilya, Hebron and Nablus while the towns of Sidon near Nablus were exposed to Israeli artillery bombardment and this resulted in killing the two Palestinians Ahmad Hajaji and Azmi Hajaji. The israeli tanks also stormed jabalia camp following intensive artillery and missile bombardment.

In retaliation to the "organized Israeli terrorism," a Palestinian youth carried out a " bombardment" operation at a takeaway food restaurant near Grand Kanion center, the largest shopping center in Haifa in the north of occupied Palestine. The attack resulted in killing 16 settlers and wounding other 35, at least, according to the Israeli radio.

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  Israeli forces stormed into Ramullah, attack Arafat headquarters   (3/30/2002)
  Israel launches wide scale attack against the Palestinians   (3/29/2002)
  Some 17 Israelis killed, 100 wounded in Palestinian operation in Banthania   (3/28/2002)

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