Some 12 Palestinians were killed 100 wounded in Friday's confrontations
Some 12 Palestinians were killed and more 100 wounded on Friday's confrontations between the palestinian citizens and the Israeli occupation forces which intensified its use of helicopters, gun-machine and tanks against the Palestine stone- throwers.
News agencies and eye-witnesses stressed that the city of Nablus was the battlefield of confrontations where 6 Palestinians were killed: they are " Feras Khalil Zeid ( 26 year old) Amjad Ahmad Akram (32), Adnan Muhammad Kheiri (21) Abdullah Faíour (32) and the 6th martyr who is beyond 18 was not identified. Other 20 were wounded in Nablus.
In Jenin a young man (21) was killed after he was hit by a bullet in his heart.
Palestinian medical sources said that most of the attacks were in the head or the chest among the Palestinians. In Qilqelyah, youth Samer al-Oweisi ( 16) was killed by the Israeli live ammunition.
In Salfit Alaa Bassam Nimra ( 13) was killed after he was hit in his chest during the confrontation took place with the occupation forces in the village near Nablus.
In al-Beera and Tulmarem Thaíer Ali Mahmoud was shot to death in the head and also died were Zahi al-Areda( 29) and Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Tahoun ( 16) during the confrontations took place in the two cities.
News reports also said that palestinian demonstration of anger started since very early morning of Friday in the cities and villages and camps of the west bank and Gaza strip and the demonstrations were escalated after Friday's prayers and changed to confrontations after which some 98 Palestinians were wounded, while Israeli military sources admitted that six soldiers were hit and two of them are seriously wounded.
The reports said the demonstrators used stones intensively against the Israeli patrol despite the tough siege measures imposed by the Israeli forces against the entrances of the Palestinian cities and villages in the West Bank.
Strong confrontations erupted in Jerusalem following Friday's prayers as the occupation forces imposed a military siege by which it prevented the Palestinian youths from going to al-Aqsa mosques and permitted thousands of Israeli settlers to stand by " the Waling Wall" and the Israeli forces launched a vast detention campaign against the Arab youths.
The commander of the central area gen. Yitzhak Eitan admitted that the Israeli army used helicopters against the palestinian Intifada.
The Israeli foreign minister Shloumo Bin Ami called on Yasser Arafat to end the uprising and carry out what was agreed on in Sharm esh Sheikh.