Palestine- 25 June 2002

Palestinians Killed:
Mulazim Muhammad Abu Awad (26 years old), Hebron
Ashraf Dib (26 years old), Hebron
Khaled al-Tamizi (age unknown), Hebron
Unidentified, Hebron
Muhammad Abu Marsa (17 years old), Gaza Strip

Israeli State Terrorism
*Israeli Army Occupies Hebron, Kills 4 Palestinians and Arrests over
120
*Palestinian Youth Shot Dead in Gaza Strip
*Ongoing Attacks and Collective Arrests in Occupied West Bank Cities

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The Israeli army invaded and occupied Hebron at dawn today under
intense shelling and attack with heavy machine gun fire, mainly
targeting the Security Compound, which was raided and over 120
security officials arrested. Four Palestinian security officers were
killed in the attack and others wounded, some critically.

A Palestinian youth was shot dead near al-Muntar crossing, Gaza
Strip, this morning, in ongoing attacks on areas in the Gaza Strip.

At the same time, the Israeli army continues to wage attacks in the
rest of the West Bank cities (Bethlehem, Beit Sahour, Beit Jala,
Qalqilya, Tulkarem, Jenin, Nablus and surrounding villages) and to
carry out a wide-scale campaign of home raids and arrests.

Israeli soldiers also prevented students from sitting their official
Tawjihi exams and opened fire at civilians in Ramallah after a
lifting of the curfew was declared. A number of civilians were
wounded, one critically.

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Israeli State Terrorism
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*Israeli Army Occupies Hebron, Kills 4 Palestinians and Arrests over
120*

A large number of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles under the cover
of attack helicopters invaded Hebron at dawn today and occupied the
city completely.

Israeli soldiers surrounding the city's security compound and
attacked it intensively with missiles and heavy machine gun fire,
before invading it. Four Palestinian security officers were killed in
the attack and other wounded, some critically.

Those killed:
Mulazim Muhammad Abu Awad (26 years old)
Ashraf Dib (26 years old)
Khaled al-Tamizi
Unidentified

Over 120 security officers were arrested and taken to an unknown
destination.

Israeli soldiers also raided the home of head of General Intelligence
in Hebron, Major Nitham al-Ja'bari and arrested him and his brothers.

At the same time, Israeli soldiers invaded Alya Hospital and searched
it. Israeli soldiers also prevented ambulances from reaching the
wounded as well as prevented Red Cross ambulances and journalists
from entering the city.

A curfew is imposed on the residents of the city, while Israeli
armored machinery wonder through the city opening fire intermittently
in a random manner.

Dozens of cars parked on either side of the roads were demolished.

Israeli soldiers also blew up two homes that belong to al-Sharbani
and al-Qawasmeh families, in the center of the city.

At 3:50 am, an Israeli military force invaded Doura town and imposed
a curfew on its residents, raided several homes and arrested dozens
in a brutal manner.

Israeli sources reported that one soldier was lightly wounded in a
grenade attack.

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*Palestinian Youth Shot Dead in Gaza Strip*

Muhammad Abu Marsa, 17 years old, was shot dead by occupation
soldiers near al-Muntar crossing this morning. Medical sources
reported that the youth was targeted directly with several bullets to
the head, neck and chest.

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*Ongoing Attacks and Collective Arrests in Occupied West Bank Cities*

Israeli soldiers raided Qalqilya Public Hospital brutally today and
searched the hospital and its staff in a humiliating manner. Israeli
soldiers delayed the movement of ambulances in the city.

The curfew was lifted in Qalqilya for a number of hours today
following three days of the Israeli military invasion into the city.

The city municipality attempted in the meantime to fix water and
electricity networks destroyed by the Israeli army. The destruction
done to the city is severe.

On another front, the city continues to be completely isolated from
the outside world and suffers grave losses as a result of inability
to export vegetables and fruits, the main income for the city.

The Israeli army continues to wage attacks against the residents of
Jenin and to destroy property systematically. Israeli soldiers
arrested dozens of Palestinian civilians in the city during brutal
home raids today.

The Israeli army invaded Arraba town, 14 km to the south of Jenin
City, this afternoon and imposed a curfew on the residents. 9 armored
vehicles invaded the town and demolished several cars, while opening
fire intermittently. Several homes were raided and residents arrested
randomly.

Israeli Apache helicopters attack agricultural land randomly and
intermittently with heavy machine gun fire, especially around the
villages of Ijja, Jabi' and Kufer Ra'i, in order to prevent the
residents from leaving their villages, which are already placed under
tight military siege. Several of the villages' residents were
subjected to brutal attacks by Israeli soldiers who spread throughout
the fields and vineyards. New military roadblocks are set up to
prevent any movement.

Witnesses in Arraba village reported that Israeli tanks demolished
vast areas of agricultural land near the `Sabo Dotan' settlement and
uprooted dozens of olive trees.

Bethlehem
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Israeli soldiers at dawn today arrested several civilians from Beit
Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem.

Witnesses reported that Israeli soldiers raided the town and several
of its homes this morning and that Israeli soldiers physically
attacked the residents during homes raids.

Saed al-Aqra', 25 years old, was assassinated last night in Juneid
Village near Nablus but remained unidentified until this morning.
Saed was shot dead after he was forced out of the car and the driver
Salem Abu Turabi was arrested.

Israeli soldiers opened fire at civilians in Askar area wounding at
least two civilians.

Ramallah
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The Ministry of Education declared yesterday that the curfew would be
lifted this morning for the sake of the official (Tawjihi) school
examinations after obtaining the permission through the civil
coordination office.

However, the Israeli army breached the agreement shortly after the
students left their homes and opened fire at civilians in the city.

Israeli soldiers besieged the Lutheran School, opened fire at
classrooms where students were sitting for their exams and ordered
the students through loud speakers to get out. Three students were
wounded in the attack.

Israeli tanks wondered the streets and opened fire at those who
attempted to buy supplies from shops in the center of the city.

A Palestinian photographer and another civilian were wounded when
Israeli soldiers opened fire at a group of journalists and civilians
in the center of town. The civilian Zaher Rimawi, 26 years old, is
critically wounded in the head.

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