Day 15 : Thursday 12.10.2000
On October 12, 2000 , Sami Abu Jazar (12 years old boy) was carried to
the graveyard in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah in a huge funeral .
Sami, was shot directly by an Israeli soldiers with a live bullet in
his head on Oct. 10, 2000 , For two days Sami Abu Jazar, was connected
to a life support machine in the intensive care unit at Al-Shafah
hospital in Gaza Strip in a very critical condition .(Photo 1)
Two Israeli undercover soldiers provocatively arrived in Ramallah
during a funeral procession of one of the victims of the Israeli
repression of Palestinians.
The soldiers, who apparently were on a mission to assassinate
Palestinians, were discovered and taken to a nearby police station,
where angry Palestinians eventually killed them.(Photo 2)
A Third Israeli soldier reportedly fled away. Palestinian police
reported a small machineguns and silencers were found in the
possession of the undercover soldiers.
Israeli helicopter gunships began bombing Palestinian Authority police
headquarters in Ramallah. The bombing target the several police
stations and headquarters of PA security agencies. The bombing
resulted in at least 16 injures. (Photo 3-6)
Later on, Israeli helicopters hit four major positions in Gaza,
including the headquarters of Force-17, the Naval police headquarters,
the Gaza Port and a the Police Academy in the southern outskirts of
Gaza.
PA forces were put on high alert and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat has
appaled to the international community to intervene to stop the
Israeli aggression and provide protection for the Palestinian people.
This attackes were a retaliation for the killing of two undercover
Israeli soldiers by angry Palestinians in Ramallah.
This is some photos of what happened today.