Day 19 : Monday 16.10.2000

In  all  main  towns  in  Gaza  Strip  and  West  Bank  , thousands of
Palestinians  took  to  the  streets  protesting the Egyptian-arranged
Sharm El-Sheikh summit .

In  Ramallah city in the West Bank , Palestinian youths were pushing a
burning   tires   and   hurl   rocks   at   Israeli   soldiers  during
demonstrations. (Photo 1)

In  Hebron  ,  number  of Palestinian were injured during clashes with
Israeli  soldiers,  Palestinians were hurls rocks at Israeli soldiers.
(Photo 2)

Israeli   army   sniper  killed  a  Palestinian  school  child  in  a
cold-blooded  manner  in  Bethlehem while the child was returning home
from  school.  The  child,  14  year old Moayad Jawareesh, was fatally
wounded  when  Israeli  soldiers stationed on building rooftops in the
vicinity  of  the  Bilal  Ibn  Rabah  Mosque opened fire on a group of
school  children  who  were  returning from school at the Ayda refugee
camp  in  Bethlehem. The Palestinian child, who was still carrying his
school  bag,  was  hit  with  a  live  bullet  in  the  head.  He died
immediately. (Photo 3)

An  Israeli  soldiers opens fire on a Palestinian demonstrators during
clashes  in  the  southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yones. Palestinians
were  throwing stones at an Israeli military jeep which was protecting
the  Jewish  settlement  of  Gush Katif on the outskirts of the city .
Number of Palestinian were injured in the clashes. (Photo 4)

Another  Palestinian  was  killed by Israeli soldiers bullets in Gaza,
Musbah  Abdul  Kader  Abu  Ma’atuh, 29 Years old, was killed as he was
trying  to  prevent  Palestinian  protesters  from  hurling  stones on
Israeli positions.

Ra'ed Ya'coub Hammoudeh, 30 years old, from Al Bireh, was laid to rest
today,  having  succumbed  to the wounds he sustained four days ago in
confrontations  with the Israeli soldiers . Ra'ed was shot in the head
with  live ammunition and remained in critical condition for four days
until his death.

This is some photos of what happened today.

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Ramallah demonstrations. (Photo 1)
Hebron demonstrations. (Photo 2)
Moayad Jawareesh killed by Israeli sniper. (Photo 3)
Israeli soldiers open fire on demonstrators. (Photo 4)