WEST BANK: ISRAELI FORCES ASSUALTING YASSER ARAFAT'S COMPOUND IN RAMALLAH ORDER PALESTINIANS HOLED UP TO SURRENDED

Record ID: 400123

  • Title: WEST BANK: ISRAELI FORCES ASSUALTING YASSER ARAFAT'S COMPOUND IN RAMALLAH ORDER PALESTINIANS HOLED UP TO SURRENDED
  • Date: 19th September 2002
  • Summary: (W8) RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (SEPTEMBER 19, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) (NIGHT SHOTS) 1. MV: ISRAELI TROOPS DIRECTING TANK INTO PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT'S COMPOUND 2.41 2. WIDE OF BULLDOZER AND TANKS OUTSIDE COMPOUND (2 SHOTS) 0.24 3. SLV: MILITARY BULLDOZER KNOCKING DOWN WALL 0.32 4. SLV: ISRAELI TANK DRIVING O
  • Embargoed: 4th October 2002 13:00
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  • Location: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA9RFQ4X1M3MW6LCHTEB82GC00Z
  • Story Text: Israeli forces assaulting Palestinian President Yasser
    Arafat's compound have ordered Paletsinians holed up in the
    compound to surrender. Eight Palestinians put their hands on
    their heads as they approached the Israeli military forces.



    Eight Palestinians surrendered to Israeli troops at
    Yasser Arafat's besieged presidential compound on Thursday
    (September 19) after Israel demanded the hand over militants
    it said were holed up inside.

    It was not clear whether any of the men taken into Israeli
    custody in the West Bank city of Ramallah were among the 19 or
    20 which Israeli officials said were wanted for their alleged
    involvement in attacks on Israelis.

    Israeli forces assaulted Arafat's compound just hours
    after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed five people and
    wounded about 50 on a bus in Tel Aviv.

    Israeli soldiers who had taken up position at the compound
    ordered the Palestinian prisoners, all dressed in civilian
    clothes, to put their hands on their heads as they approached,
    witnesses said. Troops blindfolded the men and tied their
    hands behind their backs.

    At the same time, Israeli armoured bulldozers demolished
    caravans that had been set up outside Arafat's headquarters
    for use as offices and sleeping quarters after Israeli forces
    destroyed buildings during earlier sieges.
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