Palestinian suicide operation kills 19 Israelis
The suicide operation carried out by female Hanadi Teiseir Jaradat on Saturday at a restaurant in Haifa where 19 were killed and more than 50 wounded, directed a strong blow to the measures taken by the occupation authorities against the Palestinian areas, including the total closure imposed since Friday evening as well the state of military alert and the "the security wall" being erected .
Jaradat, a female lawyer, left from the besieged town of Jenin, the first Palestinian areas which cordoned the wall.
Amid such tightened security measures taken by Israel; the Palestinian lawyer Jaradat ( 29 year old) who was described by the Islamic Jihad group "the bride of Palestine and the bride of Haifa" that was able to revenge her people and succeeded in entering "Maxim restaurant" which overlooks the Mediterranean sea in the city of Haifa which has been under occupation since 1948. The Israelis admitted the killing of 19 persons and wounding of 50.
A high ranking Israeli official said that Israel does not intend to expel palestinian President Yasser Arafat immediately "but the countdown has started." He said "we implement the decision of the government which on September 11 voted a decision stating to expel Arafat.. when it is time, we will expel him. Countdown has started," for him. The Israeli official pointed that the rejection of the international community to this issue is what prevents Israel from implementing this decision. He explained that the "Americans and the Europeans do not understand yet that Arafat is a terrorist leader and constitutes a main obstacle for negotiations and should be removed from the region, but this will happen one day."
As a punishment measure, the Israeli army divided Gaza into four isolated parts following the suicide operation in Haifa. the Palestinian sources said that the Israeli side notified that the closure will continue until indefinite period. The announcement was made through loudspeaker.
The Israeli air force raided Gaza and the missiles inflected great damage in a house in Gaza and hit an electricity generator at al-Breij camp for refugees.
The Israeli army destroyed the house of the family of Hanadi Jaradat where 7 of her relatives were staying in Jenin.