In 48 hours, Israeli occupation forces kill three Palestinians

Thursday October 16, 2008 12:13 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

Early on Thursday morning, a Palestinian young man was killed and two other were wounded by the Israeli occupation forces gun fire in the Kafr Malek village to the west of Tulkarm, security sources and witnesses said.

The sources said that a contingent of the Israeli occupation troops invaded the Kafr Malek at midnight Thursday as clashed erupted between local residents and the invading forces.

Medical sources confirmed later on that Aziz Eb'airat, 21, was shot dead by the Israeli occupation soldiers and that two other youth, including Shadi Saleh, 21, were wounded and evacuated to a nearby hospital.

Witnesses said that the youth of the village were apparently angered by the scene of Israeli military vehicles and jeeps invading their village, and that they began throwing stones and empty bottles on the forces, in defense of their village.

Meanwhile, medics announce the death of Mohammad Al-Ramahi, 22, from the Jalazoan refugee camp near Ramallah, after having been sustained Israeli gun shots earlier on Wednesday.

A third resident, Abdul Qader Zaid, was killed on late on Tuesday night near the Israeli illegal settlement of Beit El, on the outskirts of the Jalazoan refugee camp in northern West Bank city of Ramallah.

Dr. Mustafa Al-Barghouthi, chairman of the Palestinian Initiative party and former information minister, condemned the Israeli killings over the past 48 hours, making clear that these actions are part of Israel's war crimes against the Palestinian people

" the Israeli army and armed settlers actions including killing with cold blood and keeping up constructing an Apartheid Wall around the West Bank, would definitely lead to one more massive popular uprising ", Al-Barghouthi believed in a statement, emailed to press.

Three Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces

Date: 16 / 10 / 2008  Time:  09:39
Ramallah – Ma’an –

A young Palestinian man was killed and another injured in clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank village of Kafr Malik, west of the city of Ramallah on Thursday morning.

Security sources told Ma’an that Israeli occupation forces raided the village after midnight on Thursday, sparking clashes with young Palestinian men. During the confrontation 21-year-old Aziz Yousuf Al-Haj was willed. Another man, 21-year-old Shadi Saleh was moderately injured and then hospitalized.

Separately, Medical sources reported that another young man, 22-year-old Mohammad Jamal Al-Ramahi, died due to gunshot wounds he sustained on Tuesday night when Israeli occupation soldiers fired on Palestinians near the illegal Israeli settlement of Bet El, near Ramallah.

Al-Ramahi, like the other youth was killed on Tuesday, was from Al-Jalazoan Refugee Camp north of Ramallah.

Four Palestinians seized by Israeli troops in Qabatiya

Date: 16 / 10 / 2008  Time:  11:21
Jenin – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped four Palestinians during a raid in the town of Qabatiya in the in the northern West Bank early on Thursday morning.

Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli occupation soldiers entered the town before dawn and stormed a number of houses, destroying furniture and forcing sleeping residents in into the street.

The sources added that Israeli occupation forces detained Iz Ad-Din Ahmed Kamil, Ahmed Khaled Kamil, Mohammad Subhi Zakarnah and Saleh Amin Zakarnah.

Israeli troops used sound grenades during the raid, which they said was a search for “wanted” Palestinian fighters.

PA slams Israel on settlers; says Palestinians killed 'in cold blood'

Date: 16 / 10 / 2008  Time:  22:17
Ramallah – Ma’an –

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is furious that Israeli soldiers shot to death three Palestinians in as many days, according to a statement from the government’s official spokesperson on Thursday.

PA official Riyadh Al-Maliki denounced the bloodshed at Al-Jalazoun Refugee Camp and the village of Kafr Malik in the West Bank over the past 72 hours, saying Israel gunned down three Palestinians "in cold blood."

"Targeting our young men is the least effective method of protecting their settlers, who rarely miss an opportunity to attack unarmed Palestinians," he said.

Al-Maliki called the killings "unjustified," saying they occurred "without pretext, but with baseless excuses."

"Especially given that these young Palestinians have to walk in front of their homes, parts of which have been confiscated for settlements or are directly next to them, surrounding [Palestinians]. And all the while the settlers inside continue to attack them," he added.

He held the Israeli government responsible for disturbing the security situation in the Palestinian territories, "particularly after the success of the PA and its security plan" in areas where forces have recently been deployed.

Al-Maliki announced that the ministries of foreign affairs and information would initiate media and diplomatic campaigns aimed at "uncovering Israeli terrorism."

Settler campaigns of "attacks and vandalism" against Palestinians, especially when they are protected by the Israeli army, is a "grotesque crime against human beings," he insisted.

"This is proof that the Israeli policy, whether by Israeli government or Israeli settlers amounts to ethnic cleansing," he claimed, and is at heart a plan aimed at removing Palestinians from "their homes and their lands."

The spokesperson called on members of diplomatic missions to the PA to inform their respective governments of what is happening in Palestine, with particular emphasis on "Israeli settlers and acts of military escalation."

He also reassured farmers that the PA "will spare none its resources" to protect Palestinian villagers during the rest of the olive harvest.