Day 26 : Monday 23.10.2000

Tens  of  thousands of Palestinians took part throughout the West Bank
and Gaza Strip in funeral processions of four martyrs.

Confrontations  between  stone throwing Palestinian youths and heavily
armed  Israeli  occupation  soldiers continued day, with at least four
martyrs and more then hundred injuries on the Palestinian side.

Two  Palestinians  were  killed  in  Hebron . And two more Palestinian
martyrs in the Gaza Strip, including a 14 year old boy, whose head was
riddled  with  Israeli  soldiers  live  bullets  near  the  Beit Hanun
Crossing  point  in  Gaza  Strip.  At least three others were reported
seriously injured including one clinically dead.

After   claims   of  having  hit  with  automatic  weapons  at  Jewish
neighborhood  of  Gilo  on  the  southern  edge  of Jerusalem , Israel
responded  with machine gun fire from the tank as well as at least two
explosive  shells  at  the  nearby  Palestinian  village  of Bet Jala,
outside Bethlehem, in the West Bank . (Photo 1)

In  the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Palestinians protestors runs from
tear gas during minor clashes with Israeli troops. (Photo 2)

During  his  funeral  procession  in  Askar Refugee Camp , the body of
Ashraf  Habayeb  (15  years old), is carried to the graveyard near the
West Bank town of Nablus. (Photo 3)

Palestinians  shout in anger as they carry the body of Salah al Nijmi,
a  17  year  old  boy  who  was  killed during clashes between Israeli
soldiers  and Palestinian stone throwers in the Gaza Strip, during his
funeral  procession  in  the south Gaza Strip refugee camp of Maghazi.
The death total rose to at least 127 in more than three weeks . (Photo
4)

Israeli announced its satisfaction for the results of the Arab summit,
describing it as a victory for rational and wisdom in the Arab world.

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Israel attacks Bet Jala. (Photo 1)
Bethlehem demostration. (Photo 2)
Ashraf  Habayeb funeral. (Photo 3)
Salah al Nijmi funeral. (Photo 4)