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Cycle of Violence
Israel and Palestine
Israel and Palestine
Much of the violence is under-reported leaving a distorted picture of the cycle of violence. From the start of the roadmap process, this blog will try to catalog any violence resulting in deaths on either side, as well as the number of wounded with one entry per event. It also includes violence against peace activists and charitable volunteers. Prior violence is cataloged for context only.
Monday, December 29, 2003
Gaza Strip: IDF tanks kill: 3 Pal
Excite News: "Israeli Soldiers Kill Three Palestinians | Dec 28, 10:47 PM (ET) | By GAVIN RABINOWITZ
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli soldiers Sunday killed three Palestinians near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, and Israeli leaders signed orders to evacuate four settlement outposts in the West Bank, Israeli media reported.
In the Gaza incident, Israel Radio said three armed Palestinians approached the isolated settlement of Netzarim, southwest of Gaza City, late Sunday. Israeli tanks opened fire at them and killed them.
Israeli military sources said soldiers fired at armed Palestinians firing mortars at the settlement, and Palestinian police said three militants were killed. ...
Excite News: "Israeli Soldiers Kill Three Palestinians | Dec 28, 10:47 PM (ET) | By GAVIN RABINOWITZ
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli soldiers Sunday killed three Palestinians near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, and Israeli leaders signed orders to evacuate four settlement outposts in the West Bank, Israeli media reported.
In the Gaza incident, Israel Radio said three armed Palestinians approached the isolated settlement of Netzarim, southwest of Gaza City, late Sunday. Israeli tanks opened fire at them and killed them.
Israeli military sources said soldiers fired at armed Palestinians firing mortars at the settlement, and Palestinian police said three militants were killed. ...
Shooting of Israeli Protester Spurs Debate: (Israeli) troops have been too quick on the trigger when dealing with Palestinians
Excite News: "Shooting of Israeli Protester Spurs Debate | Dec 28, 3:20 PM (ET) | By RAVI NESSMAN
JERUSALEM (AP) - The shooting of an unarmed Israeli peace activist during a demonstration has set off a debate among Israelis over the military's response to protesters during the last three years of conflict with the Palestinians.
While some say Friday's shooting was legitimate, critics say it finally forced Israelis to confront the kind of treatment Palestinian demonstrators have long faced.
'The fingers of (Israeli) troops have been quick, too quick on the trigger when dealing with Palestinians. It was only a matter of time until it would trickle inward and produce a similar pattern of action against Israeli demonstrators as well,' dovish novelist David Grossman told the daily Yediot Ahronot newspaper.
The incident occurred Friday afternoon, when about 100 protesters gathered at the West Bank separation barrier Israel is building."
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On Friday, the protesters were demanding that the gate near the West Bank village of Mascha be opened so farmers could tend their fields. When it was not, they cut the fence with pliers, eventually creating a hole large enough for a person to walk through, according to an Associated Press photographer on the scene.
On the other side, about half a dozen Israeli soldiers, who appeared panicked and unprepared, demanded they stop, fired several bullets in the air and then shot at their legs, moderately wounding an Israeli and lightly injuring an American.
Military sources said the soldiers were not equipped with rubber bullets or tear gas, traditional means of crowd dispersal.
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Israel has routinely used live ammunition against Palestinian demonstrators who sometimes pose a threat and sometimes do not, according to Yariv Oppenheimer of the dovish Israeli group Peace Now.
But the shooting Friday appeared to be the first time Israeli troops fired live rounds at a Jewish Israeli protester.
The wounded Israeli, Gil Naamati, 21, served for three years in an artillery unit before finishing his mandatory military service last month.
"We didn't want to threaten soldiers and we didn't threaten soldiers. All we hurt was the fence," said Naamati, who was shot in both legs.
"I was in the army, and I am familiar with the rules of engagement and what I did was not even close to something that I think would warrant opening fire," he told Army Radio from his hospital bed.
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"The tempest was created only because the severely injured individual was an Israeli," commentator Ofer Shelah wrote in Yediot. "Had he been a Palestinian, the incident probably would not have received even a single line in the newspaper."
Like many, Shelah questioned whether the soldiers knew - or should have known - the demonstrators were Israeli, "as if Palestinian demonstrators can be shot at indiscriminately."
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If shaking the fence is a crime punishable by death or injury, one can easily see why "dozens and hundreds of Palestinians are killed and injured all year long," analyst Doron Rosenblum wrote in the Haaretz daily. ...
Excite News: "Shooting of Israeli Protester Spurs Debate | Dec 28, 3:20 PM (ET) | By RAVI NESSMAN
JERUSALEM (AP) - The shooting of an unarmed Israeli peace activist during a demonstration has set off a debate among Israelis over the military's response to protesters during the last three years of conflict with the Palestinians.
While some say Friday's shooting was legitimate, critics say it finally forced Israelis to confront the kind of treatment Palestinian demonstrators have long faced.
'The fingers of (Israeli) troops have been quick, too quick on the trigger when dealing with Palestinians. It was only a matter of time until it would trickle inward and produce a similar pattern of action against Israeli demonstrators as well,' dovish novelist David Grossman told the daily Yediot Ahronot newspaper.
The incident occurred Friday afternoon, when about 100 protesters gathered at the West Bank separation barrier Israel is building."
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On Friday, the protesters were demanding that the gate near the West Bank village of Mascha be opened so farmers could tend their fields. When it was not, they cut the fence with pliers, eventually creating a hole large enough for a person to walk through, according to an Associated Press photographer on the scene.
On the other side, about half a dozen Israeli soldiers, who appeared panicked and unprepared, demanded they stop, fired several bullets in the air and then shot at their legs, moderately wounding an Israeli and lightly injuring an American.
Military sources said the soldiers were not equipped with rubber bullets or tear gas, traditional means of crowd dispersal.
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Israel has routinely used live ammunition against Palestinian demonstrators who sometimes pose a threat and sometimes do not, according to Yariv Oppenheimer of the dovish Israeli group Peace Now.
But the shooting Friday appeared to be the first time Israeli troops fired live rounds at a Jewish Israeli protester.
The wounded Israeli, Gil Naamati, 21, served for three years in an artillery unit before finishing his mandatory military service last month.
"We didn't want to threaten soldiers and we didn't threaten soldiers. All we hurt was the fence," said Naamati, who was shot in both legs.
"I was in the army, and I am familiar with the rules of engagement and what I did was not even close to something that I think would warrant opening fire," he told Army Radio from his hospital bed.
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"The tempest was created only because the severely injured individual was an Israeli," commentator Ofer Shelah wrote in Yediot. "Had he been a Palestinian, the incident probably would not have received even a single line in the newspaper."
Like many, Shelah questioned whether the soldiers knew - or should have known - the demonstrators were Israeli, "as if Palestinian demonstrators can be shot at indiscriminately."
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If shaking the fence is a crime punishable by death or injury, one can easily see why "dozens and hundreds of Palestinians are killed and injured all year long," analyst Doron Rosenblum wrote in the Haaretz daily. ...
Saturday, December 27, 2003
Nablus: Israeli Troops Kill: 1 Pal teen, 17 wounded
Yahoo! News - Israeli Troops Kill W.Bank Teenager, Wound 17: " Sat Dec 27,11:11 AM ET
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops scouring a West Bank militant stronghold killed a Palestinian teenager and wounded at least 17 other people in clashes with stone throwers on Saturday, witnesses and medics said.
They said a 17-year-old was fatally shot in the chest while confronting troops, who have stepped up searches in Nablus since a local suicide bomber killed three off-duty Israeli soldiers and a teenage girl outside Tel Aviv on Thursday.
Six of the wounded Palestinians were shot by live ammunition and 11 by rubber bullets in clashes, witnesses and medics said.
A military spokesman denied troops fired live ammunition, saying they responded with rubber bullets and tear gas after coming under a barrage of stones and Molotov cocktails in various areas of Nablus. He had no word on casualties.
Yahoo! News - Israeli Troops Kill W.Bank Teenager, Wound 17: " Sat Dec 27,11:11 AM ET
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops scouring a West Bank militant stronghold killed a Palestinian teenager and wounded at least 17 other people in clashes with stone throwers on Saturday, witnesses and medics said.
They said a 17-year-old was fatally shot in the chest while confronting troops, who have stepped up searches in Nablus since a local suicide bomber killed three off-duty Israeli soldiers and a teenage girl outside Tel Aviv on Thursday.
Six of the wounded Palestinians were shot by live ammunition and 11 by rubber bullets in clashes, witnesses and medics said.
A military spokesman denied troops fired live ammunition, saying they responded with rubber bullets and tear gas after coming under a barrage of stones and Molotov cocktails in various areas of Nablus. He had no word on casualties.
Nablus: IDF shoots: 1 Pal (stone thrower?)
Excite News: "Palestinian Killed in West Bank Crackdown | Dec 27, 11:56 AM (ET) | By ALI DARAGHMEH
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man during a clash with stone throwers Saturday as the military pushed forward with a large-scale crackdown in this West Bank city, Palestinian witnesses and medical workers said.
The army said it was investigating the report of a fatal shooting. In later rioting, Palestinian crowds fired guns and threw bricks and Molotov cocktails at soldiers, the army said."
Excite News: "Palestinian Killed in West Bank Crackdown | Dec 27, 11:56 AM (ET) | By ALI DARAGHMEH
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man during a clash with stone throwers Saturday as the military pushed forward with a large-scale crackdown in this West Bank city, Palestinian witnesses and medical workers said.
The army said it was investigating the report of a fatal shooting. In later rioting, Palestinian crowds fired guns and threw bricks and Molotov cocktails at soldiers, the army said."
Thursday, December 25, 2003
Trl Aviv; suicide bomber: 4 [Israelis], 14 wounded
Excite News: "Four Killed by Suicide Blast Near Tel Aviv | Dec 25, 11:29 PM (ET) | By RAVI NESSMAN
JERUSALEM (AP) - A Palestinian suicide bombing at a bus stop outside Tel Aviv killed four people Thursday just minutes after an Israeli helicopter fired missiles at a car in Gaza, killing a senior Islamic Jihad commander and four others.
The attacks were the first of their kind in more than two months and were likely to lead to a wave of retaliatory violence and damage new efforts to restart the Israel-Palestinian peace process.
Palestinian officials and Egyptian mediators have been struggling to convince militants to halt attacks and get Israel to forgo such targeting killings of militant leaders. Palestinian officials condemned both attacks Thursday and called for renewed peace talks. Israeli leaders said the suicide bombing proved why such airstrikes were needed and pledged to continue fighting militants.
The bomber approached the bus stop and blew himself up, killing two women and another man, said Israeli Police Commissioner Shlomo Aharonishki. Another woman died later in a hospital, police said. At least 13 other people were wounded.
An official who saw the bodies of the dead said he believed they were Israelis. ...
Excite News: "Four Killed by Suicide Blast Near Tel Aviv | Dec 25, 11:29 PM (ET) | By RAVI NESSMAN
JERUSALEM (AP) - A Palestinian suicide bombing at a bus stop outside Tel Aviv killed four people Thursday just minutes after an Israeli helicopter fired missiles at a car in Gaza, killing a senior Islamic Jihad commander and four others.
The attacks were the first of their kind in more than two months and were likely to lead to a wave of retaliatory violence and damage new efforts to restart the Israel-Palestinian peace process.
Palestinian officials and Egyptian mediators have been struggling to convince militants to halt attacks and get Israel to forgo such targeting killings of militant leaders. Palestinian officials condemned both attacks Thursday and called for renewed peace talks. Israeli leaders said the suicide bombing proved why such airstrikes were needed and pledged to continue fighting militants.
The bomber approached the bus stop and blew himself up, killing two women and another man, said Israeli Police Commissioner Shlomo Aharonishki. Another woman died later in a hospital, police said. At least 13 other people were wounded.
An official who saw the bodies of the dead said he believed they were Israelis. ...
Jebaliya , Gaza: Israeli helicopter gunship: 2 Pal [later reports say 5 people, 14 wounded]
Excite News: "Israeli Airstrike Kills Two in Gaza | Dec 25, 11:18 AM (ET)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at a car driving through Gaza City on Thursday, killing two people, witnesses said.
Local residents said an Apache helicopter fired the two missiles at a white Subaru driving between Gaza and the Jebaliya refugee camp.
The army confirmed the strike and said it had targeted a senior Islamic Jihad militant who was planning an attack in the coming days."
Also:
A few minutes before the bombing Thursday, Israeli helicopters fired two missiles at a car driving between Gaza City and the nearby Jebaliya refugee camp, killing the top commander of the Islamic Jihad group in Gaza, Mekled Hameid, 39, and four others - two Islamic Jihad militants and two bystanders, militants said.
Hospital officials said 14 people were wounded, three seriously. ...
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The targeted car was burned black, its windows shattered. Nearby buildings in the heavily populated neighborhood were damaged.
The raid was the first air strike of its type since Oct. 20, when an Israeli helicopter launched missiles at a car in the Nusseirat refugee camp in Gaza, killing 14 people, most of them bystanders. In that strike, the Israelis were chasing Palestinians who had tried to infiltrate into Israel, according to the military.
Such operations in the past often caused civilian casualties and have led to revenge attacks by militant groups.
The airstrike and suicide bombing came after clashes during a two-day military operation in Gaza's Rafah refugee camp left nine Palestinians dead. That operation, which ended Wednesday, led Palestinians to cancel a preparatory meeting for a planned summit between the two sides' prime ministers intended to speed up peace efforts.
"We condemn the targeting and killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians and we call on Israeli government to resume a meaningful dialogue to a peace process," Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat told AP. ...
Excite News: "Israeli Airstrike Kills Two in Gaza | Dec 25, 11:18 AM (ET)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at a car driving through Gaza City on Thursday, killing two people, witnesses said.
Local residents said an Apache helicopter fired the two missiles at a white Subaru driving between Gaza and the Jebaliya refugee camp.
The army confirmed the strike and said it had targeted a senior Islamic Jihad militant who was planning an attack in the coming days."
Also:
A few minutes before the bombing Thursday, Israeli helicopters fired two missiles at a car driving between Gaza City and the nearby Jebaliya refugee camp, killing the top commander of the Islamic Jihad group in Gaza, Mekled Hameid, 39, and four others - two Islamic Jihad militants and two bystanders, militants said.
Hospital officials said 14 people were wounded, three seriously. ...
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The targeted car was burned black, its windows shattered. Nearby buildings in the heavily populated neighborhood were damaged.
The raid was the first air strike of its type since Oct. 20, when an Israeli helicopter launched missiles at a car in the Nusseirat refugee camp in Gaza, killing 14 people, most of them bystanders. In that strike, the Israelis were chasing Palestinians who had tried to infiltrate into Israel, according to the military.
Such operations in the past often caused civilian casualties and have led to revenge attacks by militant groups.
The airstrike and suicide bombing came after clashes during a two-day military operation in Gaza's Rafah refugee camp left nine Palestinians dead. That operation, which ended Wednesday, led Palestinians to cancel a preparatory meeting for a planned summit between the two sides' prime ministers intended to speed up peace efforts.
"We condemn the targeting and killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians and we call on Israeli government to resume a meaningful dialogue to a peace process," Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat told AP. ...
Ganei Tal settlement: central Gaza: IDF shoots: 1 Pal
Excite - News: "Israeli Troops Kill Armed Palestinian in Gaza | Dec 25, 3:46 am ET
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian armed with a bomb near a Jewish settlement in the central Gaza Strip Thursday, a military source said.
Palestinian sources said the man was a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group who had planned to carry out an attack on the Ganei Tal settlement.
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Nine Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid this week. Palestinian medics identified the dead as five militants, a policeman and three bystanders.
Excite - News: "Israeli Troops Kill Armed Palestinian in Gaza | Dec 25, 3:46 am ET
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian armed with a bomb near a Jewish settlement in the central Gaza Strip Thursday, a military source said.
Palestinian sources said the man was a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group who had planned to carry out an attack on the Ganei Tal settlement.
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Nine Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid this week. Palestinian medics identified the dead as five militants, a policeman and three bystanders.
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Nablus: Israelis shoot: 1 Pal dead
Excite News: "8 Killed, 40 Wounded in Gaza Strip Raid | Dec 23, 8:14 PM (ET) | By IBRAHIM BARZAK
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In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers searching for militants shot and killed a bystander in a village near the city of Nablus, Palestinians said. The military said soldiers opened fire when they spotted a man preparing to throw a firebomb at them.
Excite News: "8 Killed, 40 Wounded in Gaza Strip Raid | Dec 23, 8:14 PM (ET) | By IBRAHIM BARZAK
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In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers searching for militants shot and killed a bystander in a village near the city of Nablus, Palestinians said. The military said soldiers opened fire when they spotted a man preparing to throw a firebomb at them.
Rafah: Israeli raid: 8 Pal dead, 40 Pal wounded
Excite News: "8 Killed, 40 Wounded in Gaza Strip Raid | Dec 23, 8:14 PM (ET) | By IBRAHIM BARZAK
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli forces looking for tunnels used for weapons smuggling clashed Tuesday with Palestinians at a refugee camp, killing eight and wounding more than 40 - the worst violence in the Gaza Strip in more than two months.
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The Palestinian Authority denounced the raid on the Gaza-Egypt border, which witnesses said began early Tuesday when about 40 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles entered the Rafah refugee camp.
Five militants and three civilians were killed, including a Palestinian police officer who was heading to his job at the Rafah border crossing when he was shot in the head, according to his family. Nine children were among the 42 wounded, hospital officials said. ...
Excite News: "8 Killed, 40 Wounded in Gaza Strip Raid | Dec 23, 8:14 PM (ET) | By IBRAHIM BARZAK
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli forces looking for tunnels used for weapons smuggling clashed Tuesday with Palestinians at a refugee camp, killing eight and wounding more than 40 - the worst violence in the Gaza Strip in more than two months.
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The Palestinian Authority denounced the raid on the Gaza-Egypt border, which witnesses said began early Tuesday when about 40 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles entered the Rafah refugee camp.
Five militants and three civilians were killed, including a Palestinian police officer who was heading to his job at the Rafah border crossing when he was shot in the head, according to his family. Nine children were among the 42 wounded, hospital officials said. ...
Sunday, December 21, 2003
Nablus: IDF kills: 1 Pal 6-yr-old
Excite - News: "Israel Says Thousands of Settlers May Be Moved | Dec 21, 10:44 am ET | By Allyn Fisher-Ilan
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Underscoring more than three years of bloodshed, Palestinian medics said a six-year-old boy was shot dead during clashes between Israeli troops and stone-throwers in the West Bank city of Nablus. A top militant was arrested there earlier.
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Palestinian medics said six-year-old Mohammad Naim Isryda was shot dead in Nablus when Israeli troops clashed with stone-throwers. He had been playing at the refugee camp nearby, the medics said.
An Israeli military source said that soldiers opened fire after an explosive device was hurled at them, and that the army was investigating claims of casualties..
Excite - News: "Israel Says Thousands of Settlers May Be Moved | Dec 21, 10:44 am ET | By Allyn Fisher-Ilan
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Underscoring more than three years of bloodshed, Palestinian medics said a six-year-old boy was shot dead during clashes between Israeli troops and stone-throwers in the West Bank city of Nablus. A top militant was arrested there earlier.
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Palestinian medics said six-year-old Mohammad Naim Isryda was shot dead in Nablus when Israeli troops clashed with stone-throwers. He had been playing at the refugee camp nearby, the medics said.
An Israeli military source said that soldiers opened fire after an explosive device was hurled at them, and that the army was investigating claims of casualties..
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Gaza's Khan Younis, Gaza: Israeli operation, 2 Israeli wounded
Yahoo! News - Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza: "
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The incident occurred as Israeli soldiers backed by tanks and bulldozers demolished 10 houses during a predawn raid into southern Gaza's Khan Younis refugee camp, Palestinian witnesses said.
The Israeli military said Palestinian militants detonated explosives wounding two soldiers and that the troops also came under "massive" anti-tank and automatic gunfire during the raid.
Yahoo! News - Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza: "
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The incident occurred as Israeli soldiers backed by tanks and bulldozers demolished 10 houses during a predawn raid into southern Gaza's Khan Younis refugee camp, Palestinian witnesses said.
The Israeli military said Palestinian militants detonated explosives wounding two soldiers and that the troops also came under "massive" anti-tank and automatic gunfire during the raid.
Gaza: shot: 2 Palestinians
Yahoo! News - Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza: "Mon Dec 15, 3:27 AM ET
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinians trying to sneak into Israel from the Gaza Strip (news - web sites) on Monday and troops fought gun battles with militants during a raid into a refugee camp overnight, security sources said.
The two Palestinians were killed overnight when troops opened fire on a group of people approaching Gaza's border fence with Israel, the sources said. At daybreak, soldiers searching the area found the bodies, apparently unarmed, near the border.
Israeli security officials were investigating whether the men were laborers seeking to cross the border to obtain work in Israel or had plans to link up with militants in the West Bank to stage attacks against Israel.
Four other Palestinians in the group that came under fire managed to penetrate into Israel. One was later captured while soldiers and police were searching for three others believed hiding in southern Israel, the Israeli sources said.
Yahoo! News - Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza: "Mon Dec 15, 3:27 AM ET
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinians trying to sneak into Israel from the Gaza Strip (news - web sites) on Monday and troops fought gun battles with militants during a raid into a refugee camp overnight, security sources said.
The two Palestinians were killed overnight when troops opened fire on a group of people approaching Gaza's border fence with Israel, the sources said. At daybreak, soldiers searching the area found the bodies, apparently unarmed, near the border.
Israeli security officials were investigating whether the men were laborers seeking to cross the border to obtain work in Israel or had plans to link up with militants in the West Bank to stage attacks against Israel.
Four other Palestinians in the group that came under fire managed to penetrate into Israel. One was later captured while soldiers and police were searching for three others believed hiding in southern Israel, the Israeli sources said.
Saturday, December 13, 2003
West Bank checkpoint: IDF shooting: 1 Pal mother
Excite News: "Israeli Troops Fire on Suspicious Taxi | Dec 13, 3:57 AM (ET) |
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli troops fired on a taxi that drove through a West Bank checkpoint early Saturday, killing a female passenger, the army and Palestinian sources said.
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A woman inside the taxi was killed, the sources said. They said the driver was being interrogated about why he failed to stop.
Palestinian medical workers and witnesses identified the woman as Kamleh Mohammed al-Shuli of Kfar Asirah Shamaliyah, a 21-year-old university student and mother of two children. They said the shooting occurred at 3 a.m. as she was taking one of her children to a hospital.
Reuters
An Israeli military source said soldiers fired at the vehicle, hitting the woman, after it broke through the roadblock near the city of Nablus and its driver ignored warning shots from troops who gave chase for about a kilometer (half a mile).
Two passengers in the taxi who spoke to Reuters said the vehicle had slowed to about 30 to 40 kilometers per hour (20 to 25 mph) as it approached two military jeeps positioned on the road.
"We passed a first jeep and a second but they did not give us any sign to stop," said one of the passengers, who gave his name only as Taysir.
"A third jeep at a different junction opened fire at the taxi without warning. The taxi had pulled over about 30 meters before it reached the jeep that was blocking the road," he said.
Palestinian medics and witnesses said Kamleh al-Shooli, 20, and another seven passengers from the village of Asira al-Shamaleya had been on their way to Ramallah before sunrise to avoid early Israeli patrols in the area.
Excite News: "Israeli Troops Fire on Suspicious Taxi | Dec 13, 3:57 AM (ET) |
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli troops fired on a taxi that drove through a West Bank checkpoint early Saturday, killing a female passenger, the army and Palestinian sources said.
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A woman inside the taxi was killed, the sources said. They said the driver was being interrogated about why he failed to stop.
Palestinian medical workers and witnesses identified the woman as Kamleh Mohammed al-Shuli of Kfar Asirah Shamaliyah, a 21-year-old university student and mother of two children. They said the shooting occurred at 3 a.m. as she was taking one of her children to a hospital.
Reuters
An Israeli military source said soldiers fired at the vehicle, hitting the woman, after it broke through the roadblock near the city of Nablus and its driver ignored warning shots from troops who gave chase for about a kilometer (half a mile).
Two passengers in the taxi who spoke to Reuters said the vehicle had slowed to about 30 to 40 kilometers per hour (20 to 25 mph) as it approached two military jeeps positioned on the road.
"We passed a first jeep and a second but they did not give us any sign to stop," said one of the passengers, who gave his name only as Taysir.
"A third jeep at a different junction opened fire at the taxi without warning. The taxi had pulled over about 30 meters before it reached the jeep that was blocking the road," he said.
Palestinian medics and witnesses said Kamleh al-Shooli, 20, and another seven passengers from the village of Asira al-Shamaleya had been on their way to Ramallah before sunrise to avoid early Israeli patrols in the area.
Friday, December 12, 2003
Nablus: ambush van: 7 Israelis wounded
Excite News: "Palestinian Gunmen Ambush Israeli Van | Dec 12, 9:39 AM (ET) | By RAMI PLUSHNICK-MASTI
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian gunmen ambushed a van of Israeli worshippers returning from a disputed holy site Friday morning, wounding seven passengers, as the Palestinian prime minister made an impassioned plea for new negotiations with Israel.
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Early Friday, Palestinians ambushed a vanload of Jews who had just visited Joseph's Tomb, a site inside Nablus, the largest Palestinian city in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers abandoned the site three years ago and Palestinians ransacked and burned it. The military has banned Israelis from entering the site.
Seven of the passengers were shot and wounded. The victims initially sought refuge in an abandoned house nearby, witnesses said. "I heard about 15 rounds," said a resident of the area, Morad Kassab, 27. "I looked from the window, and I saw strangers crying and screaming and talking on the phone." The army, which said it did not know the Jews were in the area before the attack, eventually evacuated them. ...
Excite News: "Palestinian Gunmen Ambush Israeli Van | Dec 12, 9:39 AM (ET) | By RAMI PLUSHNICK-MASTI
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian gunmen ambushed a van of Israeli worshippers returning from a disputed holy site Friday morning, wounding seven passengers, as the Palestinian prime minister made an impassioned plea for new negotiations with Israel.
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Early Friday, Palestinians ambushed a vanload of Jews who had just visited Joseph's Tomb, a site inside Nablus, the largest Palestinian city in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers abandoned the site three years ago and Palestinians ransacked and burned it. The military has banned Israelis from entering the site.
Seven of the passengers were shot and wounded. The victims initially sought refuge in an abandoned house nearby, witnesses said. "I heard about 15 rounds," said a resident of the area, Morad Kassab, 27. "I looked from the window, and I saw strangers crying and screaming and talking on the phone." The army, which said it did not know the Jews were in the area before the attack, eventually evacuated them. ...
Monday, December 01, 2003
RAMALLAH, West Bank: IDF battle: 3 Pal
Excite News: "Israeli Troops Kill 4 in West Bank Raid | Dec 1, 9:35 AM (ET) | By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israeli troops launched a sweeping raid on this West Bank city early Monday, killing a 9-year-old boy and three Hamas gunmen and leaving 60 people homeless after blowing up their apartment building, the army and Palestinian sources said.
The raid came hours before Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators headed to Geneva to sign an unofficial peace plan, and days before Palestinian militants were to meet in Cairo for cease-fire talks. It also coincided with the visit by U.S. envoy William Burns, who is in the region trying to restart long-stalled peace talks.
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"We urge the Israeli government to stop the policy of incursions, assassinations, settlements, walls, fait accompli policies and to give dialogue and peace a chance," Erekat said.
Excite News: "Israeli Troops Kill 4 in West Bank Raid | Dec 1, 9:35 AM (ET) | By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israeli troops launched a sweeping raid on this West Bank city early Monday, killing a 9-year-old boy and three Hamas gunmen and leaving 60 people homeless after blowing up their apartment building, the army and Palestinian sources said.
The raid came hours before Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators headed to Geneva to sign an unofficial peace plan, and days before Palestinian militants were to meet in Cairo for cease-fire talks. It also coincided with the visit by U.S. envoy William Burns, who is in the region trying to restart long-stalled peace talks.
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"We urge the Israeli government to stop the policy of incursions, assassinations, settlements, walls, fait accompli policies and to give dialogue and peace a chance," Erekat said.
