Sharon renews rejection of 'right of return' to Palestinians, Katsav for more settlers, continued aggressions

Once again the Israeli occupation forces incurred into several Palestinian cities and towns inflecting more destruction and casualties and imposed large scale oppression measures.

Meantime the Israeli prime minister renewed his rejection to Palestinian national rights of the "right for return" and the Israeli President Moshe Katsav called for bringing in more Israeli settlers.

Some 25 Israeli tanks broke into Toulkarem, while opening fire directly on citizens and this resulted in wounding many of them and damages were inflicted on several Palestinian houses, while several Palestinians were detained.

Similar incursions were carried out against the cities of Ramullah and al- Beera after which the Israeli forces tightened measure of curfew and military siege.

Meantime, the Israeli forces detonated an enterprise for mineral industries in Jaba town near Jenin after placing several explosives inside it in a breaking in operation for the city and its surrounding.

The Israeli forces also opened heavy machine gunfire from several axes at the "the Austrian," al-Tuffah, and al-Amal quarters in the city of Khan Younis, while other Israeli forces bombarded fishing boats of Palestinians off the coasts of Gaza while an Israeli gunboat cordoned one of the Palestinian boats and detained its crew and took them to an unidentified destination.