Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 10/20/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of October 20, 2003
- Three Israeli soldiers, one Palestinian killed, one survived a joint operation for Hamas and Islamic Jihad
Three days after what is described as "the barbaric raid carried out by the Israeli warplanes against Gaza," two fighters from Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement succeeded in breaking the Israeli Natsareim settlement despite the strong security measures around it Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/25/2003 - Egypt: UNGA resolution sends warning to Israel
Egypt on Wednesday welcomed the UN General Assembly resolution demanding Israel to stop building its separation wall and pull down the parts of the wall that it has already set up in the occupied Palestinian territory. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 10/24/2003 - Israel bulldozers destroy factory and raze arable land
The Palestinian news agency IPC reported today that "Two Palestinian citizens, Zakaria and Ahmad Al-Astal, were shot and moderately wounded by Israeli occupation forces." Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/24/2003 - Jordanian king receives Qrei and American delegation: The Palestinians have to abide by obligations
The Jordanian King Abdullah II who received yesterday in al-Aqaba a delegation representing the US Congress and the Palestinian prime minister Ahmad Qrei, urged the Palestinians to execute their security obligations, as stated in the Roadmap. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 10/24/2003 - Maher calls on international community to end Israeli practices against Palestinians Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 10/24/2003
- Israel kills two Palestinians, demolishes house
The Palestinian news agency IPC reported today that "Israeli occupying forces tore down Thursday morning the house of Rafeeq Mohammed Al Kanibi in Hebron city, who was killed in fire and back fire with the Jewish settlers last night in Tel Al Rumeida illegal Jewish settlement in Hebron...(and) imposed a curfew on the adjacent Palestinian neighborhoods surrounding the Jewish settlement." Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/23/2003 - Arab League deplores Israeli practices Palestine-Regional, Politics, 10/23/2003
- Physician killed by Israel kills while he tried to help wounded Palestinians
"Israeli jetfighters raided Sunday on several parts of Gaza Strip, killing 10 Palestinians and at least one hundred were wounded several of them critically," the Palestinian IPC news agency reported. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/21/2003 - Israel kills three palestinians, children wounded
"Israeli military helicopters bombed Gaza City for the second time in three hours, targeting a Palestinian pickup truck in a crowded street," the Palestinian IPC news agency reported today. Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/20/2003