MIDDLE EAST: JEWISH SETTLERS IN RAMALLAH ATTACK PALESTINIAN SHOPKEEPERS AFTER GUNMEN WOUNDED 4 ISRAELI'S IN AN ATTACK ON THEIR CAR NEAR HEBRON.

Record ID: 355481

  • Title: MIDDLE EAST: JEWISH SETTLERS IN RAMALLAH ATTACK PALESTINIAN SHOPKEEPERS AFTER GUNMEN WOUNDED 4 ISRAELI'S IN AN ATTACK ON THEIR CAR NEAR HEBRON.
  • Date: 8th October 2002
  • Summary: (W5)HEBRON, WEST BANK (OCTOBER 8, 2002) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS/ZOOM: WOUNDED BEING PUT INTO AMBULANCE ON STRETCHERS. (2 SHOTS) 0.20 2. SLV/PULL OUT: AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY. 0.29 3. VARIOUS: OF DAMAGED CAR ON ROAD. (2 SHOTS) 0.43 4. PULL OUT: BLOOD ON CAR AIRBAG. 0.52 5. SV?PAN: SHATTERED CAR WINDOWS. 0.58 6. SLV: ISRAE
  • Embargoed: 23rd October 2002 13:00
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  • Location: HEBRON AND RAMALLAH, WEST BANK/ JERUSALEM/ GAZA
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVAEAMUT1G8UCYZ753H4TSAK484G
  • Story Text: Several Jewish settlers in the divided city attacked
    Palestinian shopowners on Tuesday (October 8) on news of the
    shooting.

    An Israeli security source and medics said at first that
    one Israeli had died in the attack on Tuesday, but later
    reported the person had been critically wounded.

    Of the other casualties, one was seriously wounded and two
    others were moderately hurt, medics said.

    Israeli police said the shooting took place at a junction
    south of Hebron, apparently from a passing car, on a road
    built for Jewish settlers which bypasses Palestinian villages.

    A small enclave of some of the most radical Jewish
    settlers lives in the predominantly Palestinian-populated city
    under heavy guard by Israeli soldiers.

    Palestinian militant groups have vowed to avenge an
    Israeli raid in the Gaza Strip on Monday which killed 14
    Palestinians and wounded some 80 others.

    Palestinians called the Gaza operation a massacre, saying
    the dead were civilians, while Israel maintains most were
    militants.

    Earlier Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called
    Monday's army raid in Gaza a successful operation against
    militants, but expressed regret that some civilians were
    harmed.

    Sharon said there would be "more operations in the Gaza
    Strip", despite international condemnation the raid on the
    southern Gaza city of Khan Younis at a time when the United
    States is seeking Arab support for a possible war on Iraq.

    "I think that the operation was a success," Sharon told
    reporters at meeting with President Moshe Katzav. "We have to
    take into consideration that the Israeli forces are making
    every effort to contain raids and attacks by terrorist
    organisations."
    The Palestinians, who are waging an uprising against
    Israeli occupation, said the dead and most of the wounded were
    civilians and called it a massacre. Israel disputes this and
    says many of the dead were armed militants.

    "Most of the casualties there were terrorists and are
    terrorists, but still there were some civilians. Therefore I
    express my sorrow for that," Sharon said.

    In the West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian president Yasser
    Arafat also met with his cabinet in his battered headquarters.


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