Clashes Update for Tuesday - October 3rd
Following is a run-down of clashes and events taking place in the West Bank and Gaza Strip:
Deaths:
Gaza (Nuseirat): Fahmi
Abu Amouneh, 30, died during clashes in near Netzarim.
Jenin (Taqou): Khadra Abu Salameh, 57, died of wounds from al-Aqsa shootings last Friday.
GAZA:
Three Israeli military
helicopters rocketed protest areas near Netzarim injuring in addition to
usage of bullets 19 Palestinians.
JENIN:
Heavy clashes at Jenin-Nazareth
Road and Yabad (village)-Umm el-Fahem Roads. 34 injuries. Tanks at city
border points.
TOUBAS:
Clashes resulted in
7 injuries, 4 from live ammunition.
TULKAREM:
Heavy clashes resulting
in 13 injuries from live ammunition. One in critical condition.
Protestors burned
two Israeli factories, textile and gas.
NABLUS:
Heavy clashes at Joseph
Tomb and Mount Jerzim.
RAMALLAH:
Clashes at northern
entrance of al-Bireh (City Inn) resulted 14 injuries from rubber-coated
metal bullets.
BETHLEHEM:
Clashes at Rachels
Tomb with several injuries. Israeli military used automatic weapons.
Jewish settlers raided
the village of Tqou and clashes are taking place there.
HEBRON:
The most severe clashes
in the West Bank. Clashes are taking place in downtown Hebron (Shalaleh
and Bab el-Zaweyeh). Israeli military special units entered Area A and
took over a Palestinian house where they stationed a sniper. More than
50 injuries in Hebron city including 2 critical injuries. One is a Palestinian
national security officer who was shot in the head while in his jeep at
the security office in Bab el-Zaweyeh.
Severe clashes in
villages and towns around Hebron including: Yatta, Beit Ummar, Bani Naim,
Beit Hanoun, Saeer and Samou.
NAZARETH, UMM EL-FAHEM,
TAYBEH:
Clashes, school suspension,
funerals and general strike.
GOLAN HEIGHTS:
Protests at Majdal
Shams and Masadah.
ARAB KNESSET MEMBERS:
Arab Knesset members
and the Arab High Committee met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
this morning and agreed that Israeli soldiers and police would remain distant
from funerals and Arab gatherings, yet clashes and gun-shooting continue
in Arab Israeli areas.