Press Release

Ministry of Higher Education

Determined to destroy Palestinian institutions, Israeli tanks hit Palestine Technical College, Khadouri- Tulkarem, for the second time in the last few weeks. This time, Israeli shelling damaged most of the college structure especially the main building which houses the administration offices, labs, library and lecture halls. The shelling began at 8:00 P.M. on the evening of November 11^th 2000 and continued till 3:00 A.M on the following morning.

Damages include the full destruction of the following:

• The main entrance of the College including the main stair case that lead to the entire building, the special room, which contains the rare books, used as reference by researchers.
• The electrical lab.
• The Sanitary Installation lab.
• The electrical control and industrial automation lab.
• The main gate of the College, destroying at the same time, the central communications room and several other equipment, including the main power supply board.
• Buildings that escaped full destruction suffered infrastructure damages that made them unfit for future use.
• The adjacent vocational school building also was severely damaged

The estimated cost for damages caused by the shelling is 2.5 million dollars.