New massacre in Gaza: five killed, 25 wounded; EU proposes to take part in the separation plan

The European Union has proposed helping in implementing the separation plan announced by the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon in order to enhance stability in Gaza, so as to prevent the control of the Islamic movements on it, while the Israeli occupation forces carried out a new aggression in Gaza in which five Palestinians were killed and other 25 wounded.

The EU foreign policy official Javier Solana said replying to a question to journalists following his meeting in Washington with the US secretary of state Colin Powell " we want the European Union to take part in the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and to achieving future stability for Gaza." Meantime, Sharon said in a speech he had delivered in Asdoud port " we got rid off killer number one and killer number 2 and the list is not short." Israel assassinated the leader of Hamas in Gaza Abdul Aziz al-Ranteisi in a missile attack targeted him on Saturday while Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, the founder of the Hamas movement and its spiritual leader was killed in a similar attack on march 22 and Israel threatened to chase all leaders of Hamas including chairman of its political bureau who lives in Damascus, Khaled Mashaal.

Meantime, Baker Abu Safeyah in al-Shefaa hospital in Gaza said that "the bodies of two citizens killed after they were hit by the Israeli army bullets were brought into the hospital." He explained that one of the two men is Khaldoun Abu Jrad ( 42 year old) who was killed by bullets in his head, while the second body was not identified. Medical official also said that some 25 citizens most of them are children arrived in Kamal Edwan hospital in Jabalia after they were hit by the Israeli shelling, with one of them in a critical health condition. Palestinian officials said that two other Palestinians were killed yesterday evening by the Israelis in Abraj al-Nada area.