More Palestinians killed, wounded in al-Aqsa Intifada
The Palestinian resistance in Toulkarm were able to seize some 35 Israeli soldiers and army officers who tried to leak into the city with all their weapons. They were equipped with lao missiles.
Member of the Palestinian legislative council Hassan Kharesha who was an eye- witness of this incident said that the Palestinian youths cordoned the Israelis from all sides and forced them to surrender and completely give up their weapons. He explained that the Palestinian security forces took out the Israelis who claimed that the coach carrying them had mistakenly entered the Palestinian territories.
Kharesha added that " it seems the Israelis are trying to repeat the Ramallah incident to use it as a pretext and for carrying out vast aggressions."
Meantime, Palestinian youths attacked an Israeli military position near Nablus and opened fire against another position on Tallet al-Aras from different sides.
Strong confrontations took place in al-Khalil as well as demonstrations following the Israeli rocket bombardment of the Palestinian houses in the city. The Palestinian demonstrators attacked the occupation positions by stones and bottles and tens of the demonstrators were hit by the Israeli bullets while holding a funeral for the man who was killed by a rocket that hit his house.
The Palestinian Nimr Mire (22 year old) was killed by the Israeli bullets in the confrontation which took place near Jenin while Eyad Shaath ( 13 year old) was killed near Goush Qatif settlement in Gaza and Nidal Zuhdi at "Ereiz" crossing and 27 Palestinians were wounded.
Palestinian medical sources said that a great number of the wounded were directly hit in the head and the chest and they are in critical health conditions.
Palestinian sources said that three Palestinians were wounded as a result of the Israeli artillery bombardment of Beit Jala near Jerusalem.
News reports said the settlers burnt cars and stores for the Palestinians in Jerusalem and circulated posters threatening to kill the Palestinians.
At the directives of Barak's government, the Israeli settlers reoccupied 19 settlements they had evacuated earlier in the West Bank to hand over for the Palestinian Authority.
The Israeli radio said that the settlers returned back to these 19 settlement centers out of 30 ones the previous Israeli government under Netanyahu had built in the course of a plan to occupy the heights.
Barak gave his instructions to the military circles to take tougher measures in confrontation of the uprising.
Barak's assistant Dani Yatoum threatened to escalate the Israeli oppression while the Israeli foreign minister Shloumo Bin Ami said that " Israel refuses to resume negotiations with the Palestinians unless it completely eliminate the Intifada."
Meanwhile, Barak continued his consultations to form an emergency government in collaboration with the leader of the Likud party Ariel Sharon and other extremist parties.