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Israeli forces kill five Palestinians, including Muhammad Saadat
by Arab European League (AEL) Thursday August 22, 2002 at 01:16 PM
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The Israeli forces on Tuesday killed the Palestinian Muhammad Saadat in Ramullah, the brother of the leader of the people's front for the liberation of Palestine, according to Palestinian sources and relatives of the killed who confirmed that an Israeli force broke into his house and executed him.

Three other Palestinians of whom known is Issam al-Jayousi ( 27 year old) from al-Aqsa martyrs group and other four wounded by the Israelis which broke into Toulkarem camp using a large number of Israeli tanks backed by helicopters and incurred into its quarters amid intensive heavy machine gun and mortars shelling. Electricity was cut from the camp and the Israeli soldiers broke into all houses and inspected them one by one and arrested 15 Palestinians amid curfew and tough besiege, many other Palestinians were wounded during the inspection and detention campaign carried out by the Israeli forces in Ramullah, Nablus, al-Khalil, jenin, Talfit and Abu Deis.

In Gaza, one Palestinian was shot by the Israeli bullets to the south of Khan Younis camp which violent fire was launched between resistance men from the Hamas movement and an Israeli force in Rafah resulted in killing one Israeli soldier The Palestinians also clashed with another Israeli force in Ghadid settlement and this resulted in killing a second Israeli soldier.

Ezz eddine al-Qassam group, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, announced that one Israeli settler was sniped in Neve Dekalim settlement in retaliation to the Israeli sniping of the Palestinian Husam Ahmad Hamdan while he was on the roof of his house in Khan Younis last week.

Two Israeli soldiers were wounded when the Palestinians opened fire at an Israeli patrol in Jenin while five Israelis were killed and two wounded near Dimona and the Israeli radio claimed that this was a result of a traffic incident.