Day 50 : Thursday 16.11.2000
Israeli helicopter gunshots attacked several Palestinian towns last night,
inflicting heavy damage, killing a German Doctor and injuring fifteen
Palestinians. Harry Fisher, a physiotherapist, was hit with shrapnel of an
Israeli shell while trying to give first aid to wounded neighbors at the
town of Beit Jala near Bethlehem. He died instantly.
Israeli occupation and settlers have destroyed and uprooted as many as ten
thousand grown olive trees in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip since the
outbreak of al-Aqsa intifada on 28 September. On Wednesday, the Israeli
army destroyed over 400 dunums of orchards, including citrus and olive
trees, in the Gaza Strip.
Here are some photos of today :
Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of 20-year-old Ahmed Basal and
16-year-old Mohammad Al-Shrafi through the streets of Gaza City for burial.
Both were shot dead Wednesday during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the
Carni border crossing. (Photo 1)
A Palestinian youth uses his slingshot during clashes with Israeli soldiers
guarding the Gush Katif settlements near Khan Yunis in the southern part of
the Gaza Strip. (Photo 2)
Israeli army gunfire from the Gilo neighborhood in south Jerusalem pours
into the Palestinian town of Beit Jala in the West Bank. Several people
were injured and a German civilian was killed in the fighting as protests
marked the 12th anniversary of Arafat's symbolic declaration of an
independent state from exile in 1988. (Photo 3)
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Ahmed Basal and Mohammad Al-Shrafi funeral. (Photo 1)
Gaza clashes. (Photo 2)
Beit Jala attack. (Photo 3)
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