Resistance Man Killed in West Bank Clashes

25/08/2002| IslamWeb

HIGHLIGHTS: Tank Fire Wounds Six Stone-throwing Children in Nablus||Occupation Troops Demolish 3 Houses in Gaza & Kidnap a Resistance Man in Hebron, Al-Khalil||A Palestinian Woman Collaborator Shot Dead in Tulkarm|| STORY: Israeli occupation troops patrolling the West Bank city of Jenin killed one Palestinian Resistance man and wounded two others in a shootout Saturday, hospital officials said, in one of several clashes overshadowing an agreement turning some Gaza Strip security duties over to Palestinians.

A member of the Al Aqsa Brigades, said the three men opened fire on the occupation troops, who then returned fire.

An Israeli tank also fired on stone-throwing children in Nablus, injuring six of them , Palestinian witnesses said, while Israeli occupation troops and Palestinians clashed on Nablus' outskirts after a joint Arab-Jewish peace group tried to deliver food to Palestinians living under curfew for more than two months.

The occupation army also said a patrol was shot at in Nablus and a tank shelled the source in return. Israeli military officials did not say if there were any casualties.

In the Gaza Strip, the army demolished three Palestinian houses it said Palestinian Resistance men used as cover in an attempted infiltration of an internationally illegal Jewish settlement.

Also Saturday, the Israeli army entered a Palestinian police station in the West Bank town of Hebron and kidnapped a man, whisking him away blindfolded and handcuffed in an armored personnel carrier, witnesses said.

No details were available on the kidnapped man's identity.

Late Saturday, Al Aqsa Brigade members said they fatally shot a Palestinian woman suspected of collaborating with Israel.

The bullet-riddled body of Ikhlas Yassin, 35, who was kidnapped Friday, was found lying in the street in the West Bank town of Tulkarem.

The agreement giving security control in some Gaza Strip areas to the Palestinians is a trial for easing harsh Israeli restrictions imposed in the West Bank after a spate of Resistance bombings in Israel.

Israel turned over security duties to Palestinian forces in the West Bank town of Bethlehem this week and was to take similar measures in Gaza.

PHOTO CAPTION

A relative kisses the body of Palestinian Medhat al-Yazij, 22, before the start of his funeral in Gaza, August 23, 2002. Israeli soldiers killed two armed Palestinians trying to infiltrate a Jewish settlement on Friday, hours after a Palestinian minister failed to convince militants to back an end to attacks against Israelis. The gunmen, dressed in Israeli army uniforms and armed with assault rifles and hand grenades, were shot dead in exchanges of fire with troops, after they were spotted near the security fence at the Kfar Darom settlement in the Gaza Strip, the army said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov