Day 52 : Saturday 18.11.2000
Yasser Arafat ordered Fatah activists to stop shooting at Israeli
occupation targets from Palestinian towns.
One Israeli soldier was killed and two others were injured when a lone
Palestinian guerrilla Bahauddin Said (23-year-old) overran an Israeli army
outpost opposite the Jewish settlement of Kfar Dorom and opened fired on
the soldiers inside their sleeping chamber. The Palestinian guerrilla was
martyred by other soldiers. In retaliation, Israeli tanks pounded Force-17
position in Khan Younis, causing considerable damage and injuring four
Palestinian soldiers.
Yom-Tov Samia, commander of the Israeli occupation army in Gaza Strip was
seen firing from his own gun at demonstrators near Khan Younis. He was also
seen scolding his soldiers for using teargas canisters only and for firing
at the legs. He urged them to fire live bullets at the higher part of the
Palestinian bodies.
Jewish settler families living on occupied West Bank are planning to move
to Israel due to the Intifada.
Here are some photos of today :
A group of Palestinian men walk back to the West Bank village of Beit Ummar
towards an Israeli armored personel carrier as they return from the funeral
of Yousef Awadi who was killed by Israeli troops. (Photo 1)
An Israeli soldier runs away from a burning jeep, as another runs with a
fire extinguisher in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar. The jeep caught
on fire while trying to rush a burning barricade set up by Palestinian
demonstrators. (Photo 2)
Israeli soldiers fire towards Palestinians during clashes in Hebron
following the funeral of Hamzeh Abu Shkadem who was killed by Israeli
forces after Friday Muslim prayers. (Photo 3)
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Beit Ummar village. (Photo 1)
Israeli burning jeep. (Photo 2)
Hebron clashes. (Photo 3)
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