- Title: WEST BANK: ISRAELI ARMY CLASH WITH PALESTINIAN YOUTHS IN NABLUS.
- Date: 2nd April 2004
- Summary: (EU) NABLUS, WEST BANK (APRIL 1, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/GV: PALESTINIANS THROWING STONES AT TROOPS; CLOSE OF YOUTH THROWING STONES (2 HSOTS) 0.09 2. LV/ZOOM IN: CONTROLLED EXPLOSION BY ARMY 0.32 3. GV/ZOOM IN: CLOSE OF ARMY JEEP IN STREET 0.38 4. LV: WIDE OF AREA WHERE CONTROLLED EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE/ SMOKE RISING 0.47
- Embargoed: 17th April 2004 13:00
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- Location: NABLUS, WEST BANK
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Reuters ID: LVA3LGV8DAIX384Q77QWHPOUMAUW
- Story Text: Israeli army detonates explosive device in Nablus
and arrest settlers trying to rebuild synagogue near Hebron.
Clashes erupted between Israeli troops and
Palestinians in Nablus during an army raid in the West Bank
city on Thursday (April 1).
The army detonated an explosive device found in a
controlled manner. The explosion shock the city and damaged
nearby buildings. There were no reports of any injured.
Earlier in Bethlehem, 12 men, mostly known militants
from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades that make up part of
President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction, were arrested in
the city's mental hospital during an Israeli raid.
The army said there were no casualties and that the
militants had been meeting at the hospital to plan attacks
against Israelis.
The latest violence comes as U.S. envoys travelled to
the Palestinian-run town of Jericho for talks with Prime
Minister Ahmed Qurie on an Israeli plan for a Gaza pullback
which he said could give peace another chance.
Assistant Secretary of State William Burns met earlier
with senior Israeli officials and was due to see Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon after talks in the West Bank with
Qurie. Political sources said Sharon hoped the latest
discussions over his plan to remove soldiers and settlers
from most of Gaza and some of the West Bank would wrap up
understandings before his April 14 talks with President
George W. Bush in Washington.
Near the West Bank city of Hebron, scuffles erupted
between Israeli soldiers and settlers, a day after the
Israeli army managed to dismantle most of a Jewish outpost
there. The dismantling process began on Wednesday (March 31)
but settlers were once again attempting to rebuild a
synagogue on Thursday.
A group of 15 settlers, including two children, were
arrested during the clashes.
The Hazon David outpost was dismantled after the Supreme Court
lifted an injunction preventing its removal.
The outpost is the first of a handful slated for removal
ahead of Sharon's visit to Washington.
The removal of unauthorised outposts -- some
uninhabited -- is one of Israel's commitments under a
U.S.-backed "road map" for peace with the Palestinians that
has been stalled by violence and the failure of both sides
to take promised steps.
Sharon is due to visit Washington in mid-April, seeking
approval for unilateral Israeli steps that would mean a
pull out from the Gaza Strip. Palestinians would welcome
any withdrawal but fear that Israel wants to strengthen its
hold on parts of the West Bank where they also want a state.
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