Israeli forces continue brutal operations of breaking in, detention, execution
Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/24/2002

Despite the increasing international criticism of the Israeli aggression and the calls for immediate withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories, the Israeli occupation forces continued the series of killing, destruction and assassination against the unarmed Palestinian people. The Israeli forces on Tuesday assassinated the two Palestinians Marwan Zaloun ( 30 year old) the commander of al-Aqsa group in Hebron and member in the special unit in the Palestinian police and Samir Abu Rajeh ( 24 year old) from the guards of the chairman of the Palestinian authority.

Eye witnesses said that an Israeli helicopter fired its missiles at the car carrying Zaloun and Abu Rajeh in the downtown of Hebron and this resulted in killing them.

Meantime, the Palestinian youth Amin Thabet ( 13 year old) was shot by the Israeli bullets in Beit Jala and the Israeli forces broke into Sourin, Housan, al-Khuder, al-Amera and Batish villages in the surrounding of Bethlehem and arrested 35 citizens including Jamal Jamamira, one of the local leaders in the " Islamic Jihad."

Palestinian sources said that the Israeli soldiers destroyed the furniture of the houses of the detainees and beat their families including children.

As for the Nativity church besieged by the Israeli forces since three weeks, a spokeswoman for the Israeli army said that Palestinian and Israeli officials started direct talks in an attempt to end the siege on the church, while three clergies got out of it seeking help.

The Israeli forces also arrested 15 citizens in Bethlehem and Ramullah cities under the pretext of resisting the Israeli occupation and also arrested other five citizens in Kharbata and Baleen villages in Ramullah districts and a young man in Yalta village in Hebron and another Palestinian mear Qalqilya and the Israeli invading forces also carried out a vast mopping up operation near Hebron and arrested four of its citizens The Israeli occupation army also incurred for more than one kilometer to the east of al-Salqa valley to the west of Deir al-Balah city in Gaza and closed the main road leading to the town, while the intensive fire of the Israeli heavy machinery and tanks resulted in destroying a position for the Palestinian national security.

Meantime, the Israeli settlers in Hebron stole a Jewelry shop owned by a Palestinian and the stolen Jewelry were estimated at a value of USD 100,000 and this was done under the protection of the Israeli army, while tens of Israeli settlers, led by member of the Israeli Knesset Beni Aloun, backed by the Israeli forces expelled nine Palestinian families form the Sheikh Jarrah al-Arabi quarters in Jerusalem and occupied the houses by means of forces.

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