Two Palestinians killed in a camp in Khan Younis
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/4/2004

Israeli military helicopters bombarded by missiles a position in the western camp of the Palestinian refugees in Khan Younis to the south of Gaza today at dawn. Palestinian medical sources said the bombardment resulted in killing two persons and wounding other 12, three of them are in critical health conditions.

A Palestinian official source said that the citizens were standing near al-Khaledeyah school when they were bombarded by one Apache plane. Witnesses said the Israeli helicopters bombardment also targeted a group of Palestinian resistance.

The bombardment came after the Israeli occupation forces destroyed two houses in the same area and carried out a large land leveling operation the Palestinians tried to deter.

The Israeli bombardment of Khan Younis coincided with the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from the surrounding of the area which includes the headquarters of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in Ramullah city in the West Bank.

The occupation forces also withdrew from the surrounding of a neighboring building it had besieged under the pretext there are wanted inside it, but no body was detained.

One Israeli military force besieged the headquarters of the Palestinian presidency and the said building for one hour after midnight and blocked the three entrances of the area while other Israeli forces carried out operations in its surrounding.

Meantime, the Israeli occupation forces announced continued total blocking carried out on the West Bank and Gaza since March 22 until indefinite time.

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