LEBANON/ISRAEL: ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILL TWO PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AS BORDER VIOLENCE ESCALATES.

Record ID: 275311

  • Title: LEBANON/ISRAEL: ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILL TWO PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AS BORDER VIOLENCE ESCALATES.
  • Date: 7th October 2000
  • Summary: RAMIEH BORDER GATE, LEBANESE SIDE, ISRAELI-LEBANESE BORDER (OCTOBER 7, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: WIDE OF PALESTINIAN PROTEST 0.14 2. MCU/GV: INJURED MAN BEING HELPED (2 SHOTS) 0.27 3. LV: ISRAELI TROOPS ON ISRAELI SIDE (SOME 200 METRES AWAY) 0.36 4. GV/PAN: VARIOUS OF INJURED MAN BEING CARRIED AWAY (2 SHOTS) 0.54 5.
  • Embargoed: 22nd October 2000 13:00
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  • Location: BINT JBEIL AND RAMIEH BORDER GATE, LEBANON/ ISRAELI SIDE ISRAELI-LEBANESE BORDER
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA7TWPZWAO7B17HM54LG84IC9RC
  • Story Text: Israeli soldiers have killed at least two Palestinian
    refugees and wounded about 15 when they fired on demonstrators
    on the Lebanese side of the Israel-Lebanon border.

    The incident was followed by the first major artillery
    exchanges between the Israeli army and Hizbollah guerillas on
    the Israel-Lebanon border since Israel ended its occupation of
    south Lebanon in May.



    Hundreds of Palestinians on Saturday (October 7)
    converged on the defunct Ramieh border gate, which faces an
    Israeli settlement, to protest at the killing of scores of
    Palestinians in clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank,
    Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.

    The protesters threw stones at an Israeli observation post
    and shouted slogans.

    Witnesses said Israeli soldiers at the post responded by
    opening fire, killing Ihab Afifi and Hassan Hassanein.

    Afterwards, both Hizbollah and Israeli forces exchanged
    fire across the border.

    Later on Saturday, Hizbollah guerrillas said they captured
    Israeli soldiers amid the first major artillery exchanges on
    the Israel-Lebanon border since Israel ended its occupation of
    south Lebanon in May.

    Lebanese security sources said three Israeli soldiers were
    captured. There was no immediate independent confirmation.

    Israeli helicopter gunships and artillery also pounded
    Hizbollah-held areas in south Lebanon, and Hizbollah fired
    Katyusha rockets and mortar bombs at Israeli posts across the
    border, witnesses said.

    They said a Lebanese father and his three children had
    been wounded when Israeli helicopters fired at their car as
    they fled their village in south Lebanon.

    Saturday's shelling was the worst escalation of violence
    since Israeli troops withdrew from south Lebanon in May,
    ending a 22-year occupation.

    (izo/lh)
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