arch/ive/ief (2000 - 2005)

An official Palestinian statement:

"The Israeli occupation forces are still attacking, invading shelling and imposing curfews"

Ramallah June 4th 2002 Wafa; An official Palestinian spokesman stated last night the following:

The Israeli occupation forces invaded the towns of Houssan, and Alkhader near Bethlehem, they shelled the residential areas, and imposed a tight curfew, after reoccupying the two towns.

In Jenin the Israeli occupation forces advanced their tanks and other military equipments in to the northern section of the city of Jenin arresting citizens and imposing curfew and terror on the civilians.

They also set several roadblocks isolating the American-Arab University from the rest of the city.

In Nablus a mass arrest campaign took place where the Israeli occupation forces moved the detainees to Howarah Concentration Camp, while the old section of the city, the adjacent Refugee Camps of Balata and Alain are still under tight curfew where the Israeli occupation forces ransacked the houses of the civilians searching them, vandalizing their property and belongings and conducting arrests.

The same Israeli treatment was applied on the Village of Salem near Nablus where the Israeli occupation forces took over the whole village to comb searching the houses.
In Hitin Street in Nablus, an explosive load blasted in an Israeli tank while the soldiers shot Maher Kharraz severely wounding him.