Israeli forces break into Toulkarem, continue to build cement wall between the West Bank, the 1948 territories
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/21/2002

Scores of Israeli tanks on Monday at dawn incurred once again in the city of Toulkarem and demolished tens of houses and carried out a campaign of arrest targeted tens of citizens after opening fire at their houses, while the Israeli forces reinforced their presence at the contact lines with the West Bank and Gaza of fears of new Palestinian "martyrdom operations." Meantime, the Israeli military forces continued building of a cement wall three meters high to the east of what is called the green light which separates between the territories of the Palestinian authorities and of those of 1948.

Meantime, the Israeli settlement ministry on Monday announced plans to expand several settlements in the West Bank and the ministry announced five bids to build 950 settlement units in five huge settlements.

Meantime, a Palestinian youth on Monday detonated himself in a patrol for the Israeli forces near Majeido settlement in al-Afoula area of the territories of 1948 and this resulted in wounding one member of the Israeli police, while the Israeli forces in Toulkarem arrested a girl under the pretext that she was preparing to carry out a "suicide operation." No mention was given to the name of the girl.

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