Posted on 06/21/2002 5:14:04 AM PDT by The Raven
June 21 — Israeli forces fired on a market in the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday, killing two people and wounding dozens after Palestinians mistakenly thought a curfew had been lifted, Palestinian witnesses said. Ambulances raced to a local hospital, where officials said they were overwhelmed by the number of casualties.
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Wow... I smell a rat. This seems scripted.
Or that he cant rein in the militants.
Bad choice... too close to the words used to excuse the spy Allan Pollard. He was controlled by rogue elements within the Israeli Government!
“PEOPLE THOUGHT the curfew was no longer on. They got hungry and wanted bread, so they went to the market to buy some. The Israelis opened fire,” said Jenin’s acting governor, Haider Irsheid.
The Israeli army had no immediate comment. Hospital officials said a six and 12-year-old brother were killed, as well as a 6-year-old girl and the deputy director of the city’s department of education. The four were killed by a combination of tank shells and gunfire.
Many children were among the 24 people injured, said Mohammed Abu Ghali, director of Jenin Governmental Hospital.
Last update - 14:49 21/06/2002Palestinians: Four killed, 24 injured by IDF fire in Jenin
By Amos Harel, Amira Hass (Gaza), and Haim Shadmi, Ha'aretz Correspondents and AgenciesIsraeli forces fired on a market in the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday, killing four people and wounding at least 24 others after Palestinians mistakenly thought a curfew had been lifted, Palestinian witnesses said.
The dead were Ahmed Ghazawi, about 6, and his 12-year-old brother Jamil, as well as a 6-year-old girl, Sajedah Famahwi and Helal Shetta, 50, the deputy director of the city's department of education, a doctor at a hospital in the city said on condition of anonymity. Hospital sources said that six people were in serious condition
"People thought the curfew was no longer on. They got hungry and wanted bread, so they went to the market to buy some. The Israelis opened fire," Jenin's acting governor, Haider Irsheid, said.
In response, the IDF said that the incident was being investigated and that an armored unit fired tank shells "not in order to harm, but to hold at bay." Security sources said that the troops did not notice that there were people in the area.
Israel is just worried that the pressure groups that forced Ted Turner to take back his comment about the IDF, will have to take back their pressure.
Not good enough. They should rocket the CNN center in Atlanta like NATO did the news station in Yugoslavia that was reporting news in a "negative" way...
Who's Allan Pollard?
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