arch/ive/ief (2000 - 2005)

Eight Palestinians and a German Doctor Killed:
Al-Haq Condemns the On-going Shelling of Palestinian Cities by the Israeli Occupying
Forces
Last night, November 15, 2000, Israeli helicopter gunships and tanks continued their bombardment
of Palestinian towns and cities. The shelling lasted for over six consecutive hours injuring 7 people.
Among those killed yesterday was Hari Fischer Spond, age 55, a German citizen who was married
to a Palestinian woman and resided in Beit Jala. Hari was killed by an indiscriminately fired Israeli
missile as he attempted to treat other injured Palestinian civilians. The shelling also damaged several
houses and electrical generators and the Chile Girls' School and the Mar Nicholas Church were
both damaged. Other areas of the West Bank including Hebron, Tulkarem and Salfit were also hit
by missiles causeing extensive damage.

Al-Haq deplores the brutality of the Israeli Occupation Forces and their bombardment of Palestinian
civilian areas. Al-Haq reiterates its call for the international community to take the necessary
measures to provide international protection for the Palestinians living under Israeli Occupation.
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AL-HAQ, an NGO in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations and the West Bank affiliate of the International Commission of
Jurists-Geneva, was established in 1979 by a group of Palestinian lawyers in order to
uphold the rule of law and defend Palestinian human rights in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory. AL-HAQ, P.O. Box 1413, Ramallah, Palestine. Tel: +972 2 295 4646, Fax: +972
2 295 4903, E-mail haq@alhaq.org, http://www.alhaq.org Website: