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IOF Wound 5 Civilians in Nablus,
Palestinian Dies in Rafah

Palestine Media Center

27/04/2003

A Palestinian civilian died on Saturday of wounds he sustained a week earlier in the Gaza Strip town of Rafah at a time when five other Palestinians were wounded by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) gunfire in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medical and security sources said.

Palestinian medical sources said that Khaled Jarbou’, 24, died in Rafah hospital after he succumbed to the severe wounds he sustained when IOF shot him on April 20.

Also in Rafah, IOF soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian child in the al-Salam neighborhood, Palestinian medical sources said.

4-year-old Hussam Al-Jazzar was wounded in the leg after he was shot with live ammunition, hospital sources said.

Palestinian security sources said that Israeli occupation troops, stationed at the Palestinian-Egyptian borderline, randomly opened fire at the neighborhood, damaging several houses.

Meanwhile, three Israeli bulldozers supported by four tanks invaded al-Qarara town near the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis and razed agricultural land, which were planted with almond trees and wheat, witnesses said.

Also in the Gaza Strip, the city of Beit of Hanoun witnessed a similar aggression by Israeli occupation forces, who destroyed vast areas of lands planted with fruitful trees such as olives, almonds and citrus.

The destroyed lands belong to the families of Hamad, al-Basuni, al-Za’aneen and Sa’adat, residents said.

In the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medical sources said that five citizens were shot and injured when IOF opened fire at a peaceful demonstration to protest the killing of a Palestinian cameraman Nazeeh Darwazeh, 41, who was shot dead by Israeli soldier earlier on April 18.

Darwazeh was the third journalist killed since the Palestinian uprising erupted 31 months ago.

The Governor of Nablus, Mahmoud al-Aloul said that an Israeli occupation army backed by two tanks and several jeeps raided the al-Quds street, east of the city.

The intensive IOF fire prevented school children from returning safely to their homes, al-Aloul added.

IOF Strom Police Stations, Detain 2 Policemen

Meanwhile on early Saturday, IOF stormed a Palestinian police station and detained two Palestinian policemen in the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Palestinian security sources said.

The two detained policemen were identified as Imad Hanash, 27, and Kamal Sabri, 19, security sources said.

In the Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, Israeli bulldozers destroyed a Palestinian police post, Palestinian security sources said Friday.

“Two IOF bulldozers and two tanks thrust into the al-Amal neighborhood and partially destroyed a Palestinian Police post,” Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported.