- Why didn't Americans see THIS on every radio and TV broadcast
yesterday?
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- This morning, Amer Salman al-Qudsi, 13, was killed when
he was shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers. He had been throwing stones
at Israeli tanks on his way back from school, after finding the school
had been closed due to the Israeli curfew.
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- Strict curfew is currently being imposed throughout Tulkarem,
with tanks in the center of the city and Israeli forces shooting at people
randomly.
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- Yesterday, five Palestinians were killed and 11 injured
-- five of them children -- when Israeli forces suddenly invaded south
eastern Tulkarem and started shooting at residents.
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- The attacks occurred just after the meal breaking the
daily Ramadan fast, when many people were strolling in the streets, as
it was the first time in 30 days that the curfew had been lifted in the
city.
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- Israeli forces first surrounded a building belonging
to the Zakat Committee, a charitable organization, shooting the building's
unarmed guard, Ziad Musha,aqa, 40, in the head. Musha,aqa was killed instantly.
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- Tareq al-Zagal, 25, was shot several times by the Israeli
soldiers at the scene, killing him instantly.
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- According to local sources, the Israeli forces held al-Zagal's
body for several hours before allowing ambulances to transport it to the
hospital.
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- At the same time, Israeli tanks and APCs were deployed
throughout the neighborhood and three Palestinians were killed as Israeli
forces attacked children throwing stones at tanks.
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- Ihab al-Z,kla, 15, was killed when he was shot in the
chest by an Israeli soldier
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- Sha,aban Shaker Ibdeer, a 36-year-old taxi driver who
happened to be driving in the area, was shot in the head
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- Ahmad Mohammed al-Jayousi, 33, was shot in the chest
and head while desperately trying to get home
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- Dr Ahmad Abu Bakker, of the Thabet Thabet Hospital in
Tulkarem, said that heavy ammunition was used in all of the killings.
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- Many others were injured in the attacks, such as Mohammed
Barjas, 5 years old, who was injured in his face by shrapnel from live
ammunition when Israeli forces shot at his father's car.
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- Also yesterday, in Hebron, Israeli forces arrested 15
Palestinians and attacked several journalists. Mahmoud Wazwaz, a photojournalist
with Reuters, was badly beaten near an Israeli checkpoint in the city.
According to Wazwaz, another six journalists were injured in the attack.
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- In Nablus, beatings and sweeps of arrests are also taking
place as people try to leave their homes -- in violation of the strict
curfew.
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- In one such case, Hassan al- Alaywi, 40, was attacked
and beaten all over his body. He was transferred to the hospital with serious
injuries.
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- At about 1.00 pm yesterday, Hama Wahid Salem, 40, was
shot in the face, shattering her cheekbone, jaw and nose, while bringing
her son inside the house from her balcony. She underwent emergency surgery
at Rafidia Hospital and is now in stable condition.
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- http://www.palestinemonitor.org/updates/update_cover.htm
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