The uprising continues, more Palestinians killed, wounded
The 39th day of the uprising witnessed strong confrontation with the Israeli occupation forces by stones.
He confrontations were widely escalated between the stone- throwers and the Israeli occupation forces in the cities of Jerusalem, Ramullah and al-Beira, Bethlehem, al-Khalil, Nablus, Toulkarm, Jenin, Gaza, Rafah and Khan Yunis and various crossing leading to the settlements, where the Palestinians attacked the positions of the Israeli patrols in these areas despite the intensive Israeli fires against them.
The Palestinian youth Muhammad Maher al-Saeedi ( 16 year old) was killed after he was hit in a bullet in his head during confrontation of al-Breij camp near Gaza. Another Palestinian, ( not identified) was killed in Gaza and tens of youths were killed by the Israelis in the confrontations which spread various areas in the Gaza strip and the West Bank.
The Israeli radio admitted that one Israeli army officer was wounded.
The radio added that the confrontations which indicates that the uprising proceeds towards escalation especially that people's demonstration start from most of the Palestinian cities.
Meantime, the Israeli helicopters continued their flying over Hebron following the bombardment which destroyed several Palestinian houses. In Hebron, an Israeli on foot - patrol broke into a Palestinian area.
The Israeli radio said that the Israeli settlers formed armed cells especially in Jerusalem working alongside with the Israeli forces in chasing and detaining the Palestinian youths and that one of these cells on Saturday arrested a Palestinian child in Jerusalem and made investigations with him. Palestinian news reports that this child suffers breaks in his head and face.
Meantime, the Israeli acting foreign minister Shloumo Bin Ami called for halting the uprising so as, as he claimed, to be able to resume the negotiations.
Bin Ami added that Arafat is facing difficulties in controlling the situation and it is necessary to make amendments on certain points already discussed in the previous Camp David talks.
On the Arab level, hundreds of Mauritanians in Nouakchott demonstrated in protest of the Israeli brutality against the Palestinian people.
News reports said that Mauritania's police used force to disperse the demonstrators and threw tear gas bombs, resulted in killing one woman called Amenah Bin Aliyah because she inhaled the gas while standing with the demonstrators.
In Amman the alliance of the Jordanian national forces called for halting normalization and cutting all forms of relations with Israel and to work seriously to preserve Arab rights.
Meantime, Saudi Arabia handed over an urgent financial aid to the Palestinians estimated at US $ 30 million to help the Palestinian government confront the israeli siege.
The chairman of the Palestinian national council Salim al-Zanoun said the Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has transferred this urgent aid to the Palestinian government.