Day 24 : Saturday 21.10.2000
Thousands of Palestinians marched through the streets of the West
Bank, demanding the end of occupation . Demonstrators urged Arab
leaders meeting in Cairo to cut ties with Israel and to impose an Arab
economic embargo against Israel .
Heavily armed Israeli soldiers opened fire on unarmed Palestinian
protesters in several locations in the West Bank and Gaza, killing,
injuring many.
Four Palestinians were killed and over 200 injured by Israeli soldiers
bullets on another day of Infitada .
In Khan Younis, opposite the Jewish settlement of Kfar Dorom, Israeli
soldiers opened fire at Palestinian protesters, killing Omar Ebheis
(16 year old) and injuring number of thems , using live ammunition and
international band dom-dom bullets . (Photo 1)
Mohammad al-Najar, 13, was shot in the head with a live bullet by
Israeli soldiers, he was later pronounced clinically dead. (Photo 2)
Israel's soldiers killed another Palestinian child. Majid Hawamdah (14
year old), from Atirah, near Ramallah. He was shot in the head using
live ammunition , during a demonstration in north of Ramallah. The
bullet tore through the front of his head entering from the left side
of his temple traveling through the brain and exiting out of the right
side.
In the West Bank town of Ramallah, huge demonstration storm the
streets protesting the continuation of Israel occupation . The
demonstration develop to a clashes between stone-throwers and a
heavily armed Israel army who have used live bullets. (Photo 3)
In Hebron, Israeli undercover soldiers, murdered a Palestinian taxi
driver at the Shallala Street.
In Dear el-Balah , Hundreds of Palestinains march on the funeral of
Omar al-Beheisi (15 year old), who was shot dead in clashes with
Israeli soldiers near the Kfar Darom Jewish settlement in the Gaza
strip. (Photo 4)
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Khan Younis clashes. (Photo 1)
Mohammad al-Najar. (Photo 2)
Ramallah demonstration. (Photo 3)
Omar al-Beheisi funeral. (Photo 4)
