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PHOTO DIARY

BY NIGEL PARRY

WITH PHOTOS BY NIGEL PARRY, YASSER DARWEESH
KIFAH AL-FANI AND SALEEM DAOUD

Last updated: 11:50am Palestinian time, 12 October 1996. Links to Cobra Helicopter information added
Please excuse the spelling mistakes and other typos. These will be rectified soon!

Day 1: Wednesday 25th September 1996

Rally at Birzeit University
Demonstration at the Khamara Checkpoint (updated 29/9/96)
Israeli soldiers open fire (updated 29/9/96)
Casualties
Aftermath of the first shootings
At the hospital (Some images may be disturbing)
Intensive care unit (Some images may be disturbing) (new 30/9/96)

Day 2: Thursday 26th September 1996
The seriousness of things (new 6/10/96)
At Khamara Checkpoint in the late afternoon
The face of war
Palestinian Police confront Israeli snipers (new 6/10/96)
Helicopter gunships open fire on homes (updated 29/9/96)
Ammunition used (new 6/10/96)

Day 3: Friday 27th September 1996
Tanks surround Ramallah (new 30/9/96)
Midday around Khamara checkpoint (new 30/9/96, updated 1/10/96)
Stone throwing at Khamara checkpoint (new 30/9/96)
Casualties at Khamara checkpoint (Some images may be disturbing) (new 30/9/96, updated 1/10/96)

Day 4: Saturday 28th September 1996
Generally a quieter day. Demonstrators were turned back from the checkpoint by Palestinian police. We worked on getting the photographs and information ready for the website.

Day 5: Sunday 29th September 1996
Discovering what lay on the hills of Ramallah (new 6/10/96)

Day 6: Monday 30th September 1996
Journalists temporarily banned from entering Palestinian areas (coming)

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PHOTO DIARY

Day 1: Wednesday 25th September 1996

Day 2: Thursday 26th September 1996

Day 3: Friday 27th September 1996

Day 4: Saturday 28th September 1996

Day 5: Sunday 29th September 1996

Day 6: Monday 30th September 1996