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Saturday-Sunday,
6-7 July 2002
Palestinians
Killed:
Shukri
Abdel Haj (6 years old), Qalqilya (Sunday, 7 July 2002)
Sam'an
al-Dalo (72 years old), Ramallah (Saturday, 6 July 2002)
Randa
al-Hindi (40 years old), Gaza Strip (Saturday, 6 July 2002)
Nour
al-Hindi (2 years old), Gaza Strip (Saturday, 6 July 2002)
Khamis
Sharab (48 years old), Gaza Strip (Saturday, 6 July 2002)
Israeli
Terrorism
*6-Year
Old Boy Killed in Qalqilya Sunday
*Israeli
Soldiers Kill 3 Civilians, Including Mother and Child, in Gaza Strip
Saturday
*Continuous
Israeli Attacks in Various Residential Areas in Gaza Strip
*Ongoing
Israeli Military Occupation and Attacks in West Bank Towns and Cities
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The
Israeli army continues to impose a tight military siege on all Palestinian
cities, villages and refugee camps, isolating them completely from
the outside world. The West Bank is divided into 8 cantons and the
Gaza Strip into 4.
The
Israeli army meantime carries out attacks in residential areas using
missiles and heavy machine gun fire. A number of people were killed
over the weekend as a result and others wounded.
A
curfew is imposed on all residents in occupied West Bank cities
and towns and Israeli soldiers continue to raid homes and arrest
people collectively. All aspects of life are completely frozen and
the lives of hundreds of thousands of people have become an unbearable
suffering.
The
supreme committee for elections was unable to meet over the weekend
due to lack of freedom of movement. The Tawjihi (official secondary
school examinations) students continue to suffer from the curfew
as they are not able to reach their examination centers and risk
being shot at even during the lifting of the curfew as had happened
several times.
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Israeli
Terrorism
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*Israeli
Soldiers Kill 3 Civilians, Including Mother and Child, in Gaza Strip
Saturday*
Israeli
occupation soldiers killed 3 Palestinian civilians, including a
mother and her 2-year old child on Saturday in the Gaza Strip.
Randa
al-Hindi, 44 years old, and her daughter Nour al-Hindi, 2 years
old were killed in a random shooting by Israeli soldiers based in
`Netsarim' settlement observation towers. Israeli soldiers towards
targeted a civilian car heading south for no apparent
reason. The mother and her child were returning from a wedding in
Khan Younis.
Several
others were wounded in the attack.
Khamis
Sharab, 48 years old, was killed earlier in the morning during an
Israeli military invasion and attack south of Khan Younis. Israeli
soldiers invading Qeizan Abu Roushan area waged an attack on residential
buildings and imposed a curfew on the residents.
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*6-Year
Old Boy Killed in Qalqilya Sunday*
Shukri
Abdel Haj, 6 years old, died Sunday afternoon affected by wounds
subjected one week ago. Haj was critically wounded in the head during
an Israeli military invasion of Qalqilya last week. The funeral
of Haj is expected to take place as soon as the curfew is lifted.
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*Continuous
Israeli Attacks on Various Residential Areas in Gaza Strip*
The
Israeli army at dawn on Sunday shelled Abraj al-Nada residential
area in Beit Hanoun with missiles and attacked it with heavy machine
gun fire. Witnesses reported that Israeli occupation forces based
in observation towers facing the industrial area of Beit Hanoun
randomly attacked the area. The same area was subjected to a number
of Israeli military attacks in recent days.
The
Israeli army on Saturday invaded areas in Beit Hanoun, north of
the Gaza Strip. Residential buildings in the area were subjected
to intense military attacks from observation towers in the nearby
industrial area.
The
Israeli occupation army also attacked homes north of Beit Lahya
randomly with heavy machine gun fire on Sunday morning.
Israeli
occupation soldiers raided homes northwest Rafah, south of the Gaza
Strip, on Sunday. Rafah has been subject to continuous Israeli attacks
and demolition of agricultural land.
In
Khan Younis, around 5000 children called on the international community
during a demonstration on Sunday to put an end to Israeli daily
crimes against the Palestinian people.
On
Saturday evening, the Israeli army demolished a Palestinian security
location north of Soufa crossing. An armored bulldozer supported
by 3 tanks demolished the location as well as vast areas of agricultural
land.
Tight
closure measures continue to be imposed on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli
soldiers prevent people from crossing through Salah al-Din Road,
linking north and south of the Gaza Strip and through Abu Holi military
roadblock.
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*Ongoing
Israeli Military Occupation and Attacks in West Bank Towns and Cities*
Nablus
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Israeli
helicopters on Sunday afternoon attacked hills surrounding Nablus
with heavy machine gun fire randomly. At the same time, Israeli
soldiers opened fire in the city randomly and re-imposed a curfew
on the residents after having lifted it for a few hours.
On
Saturday, the Israeli army after declaring a lifting of the curfew
the night before waged an attack on Nablus at 7:00 am Sunday morning
with missiles and heavy machine gun fire from helicopters and tanks.
A
number of people were wounded as a result and several homes damaged.
Israeli
helicopters attacked various residential areas in Nablus randomly
on Saturday. The military attacks centered mainly on the city's
suburbs and refugee camps, Askar, Balata and Beit al-Maa.
Bethlehem
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The
Israeli army raided Bethlehem police station on Saturday night.
Israeli soldiers reportedly blew up a cupboard inside the building
and confiscated one of its jeeps.
Israeli
settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers attacked homes
in al-Aqban area, east of Bethlehem, with Molotov bottles on Saturday.
One home was set on fire as a result and four children (between
the ages of 3 and 11) wounded. The settlers threw three
Molotov
bottles at a home of 10 family members only meters away from an
Israeli military roadblock set up at the entrance of al-Fardis village.
The residents of this area are constantly subjected to attacks by
Israeli armed settlers.
Bethlehem
and its surroundings continue to be placed under direct Israeli
military occupation, while thousands are placed under curfew and
prevented from practicing their daily lives and from buying the
most basic supplies. Israeli soldiers also continue to raid homes
and private institutions and to arrest people randomly.
Ramallah
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The
Israeli army blew up a building in Ramallah on Saturday night -
Al-Manama Building, near the police headquarters in al-Tireh. The
Israeli army also confiscated an official building in Um al-Sharayit
and transferred it into a military base. The building
was raided twice in 24 hours and severely vandalized.
The
Israeli army continues to impose a tight military siege on Ramallah
and on Arafat's compound area, while at the sane time continuing
with home and institution raids and the arrest of residents randomly.
A
72-year old man died of suffocation as a result of tear gas bombs
fired by Israeli occupation forces at civilians in Ramallah on Saturday.
Sam'an al-Dalo was killed during the lifting of the imposed curfew,
which was suddenly re-imposed brutally by the occupation army for
no apparent reason.
The
Israeli army re-imposed the curfew after lifting it for a short
period of time, spreading panic on the streets of the city. Israeli
soldiers fired sound bombs, metal bullets and live ammunition towards
people on the streets of Ramallah during the lifting of the curfew.
Jenin
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The
Israeli army arrested two youths from Toubas near al-Tamaseeh military
roadblock in the Jordan Valley area on Sunday. The car from which
they were arrested was attempting to head towards Ramallah. Witnesses
reported that several people were held up under the sun for several
hours.
The
Israeli army on Saturday surrounded Jenin Hospital and prevented
anyone from entering or leaving the building as well as continues
to impose a curfew on all the residents of the city. Hundreds of
people were arrested from Jenin over the weekend.
Israeli
soldiers also held over 15 people near the industrial area of Jenin.
These were heading to work after a declaration of the lifting of
the curfew for a number of hours. Israeli soldiers forced them to
sit in the floor under the sun for several hours.
Israeli
soldiers also opened fire at and chased cars in the city.
The
Israeli army arrested several people during brutal home raids on
the same day and caused destruction to the infrastructure in the
city.
On
Saturday morning, the Israeli army besieged Khalil Sulaimna Hospital
and prevented ambulances from moving.
Qalqilya
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The
Israeli army carried out more destructive activities in the city
on Suday. Electricity and water networks, sidewalks and electricity
and telephone poles were destroyed.
The
curfew was lifted for a few hours on Sunday enabling the residents
to buy basic supplies.
The
Israeli army invaded Kufer Qadoum on Sunday using several tanks
and armored vehicles and destroyed property.
Tulkarem
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A
civilian was wounded and then arrested near Iktaba village. Israeli
soldiers opened fire at a civilian car and then arrested the unidentified
driver.
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