Qurei' no nearby visit to Suleiman to Ramullah, two Palestinian killed, 11 wounded in the West bank
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/6/2004

The Palestinian prime minister Ahmad Qurei' denied that he knows about a nearby visit by the Egyptian intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Omar Suleiman to Ramullah, whereas two Palestinians were killed one by the Israeli bullets, and the second was crashed by the car of one Israeli settler.

The Palestinian foreign affairs minister Nabil Shaath had announced that Suleiman will be arriving in Ramullah to hold talks with the Palestinian officials.

Qurei' said in a press conference he held following the meeting of the Cabinet in Gaza that there is no information that Omar Suleiman will come, but we welcome him at any time.

Meantime, news reports said that the Israeli forces killed one young Palestinian in al-Ein camp in Nablus. Witnesses said that the Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinians throwing stones at themin al-Ein camp, and as a result, a 17- year old youngster was killed and another 14- year old one was wounded and admitted to a local hospital.

Since three weeks Nablus has been suffering incursion operations carried out by the Israeli occupation forces, during which several archeological buildings in the city were destroyed.

Palestinian medical sources said that 8 Palestinians from one family, and 8 of the Israeli border guards, were wounded in al-Qalja city, to the north of Bethlehem, following hand clashes. Palestinian security sources and Israeli military sources said that the Israeli army detained on Sunday evening in Qalqilya 6 Palestinians, suspected to have had participated in resistance operations against Israel.

Moreover, several Palestinian cities in the West Bank on Sunday evening witnessed several breaking in operations especially in Nablus, when the operations concentrated in the old town. News reports said that the occupation forces are trying currently to impose curfew in Nablus.

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