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Editorial in Palestinian newspaper calls for international forces to protect Palestinian populace
Date: 05 / 11 / 2006 Time: 12:56

Hafez Barghouti
(Ma'anArchive)
Bethlehem - Ma'an – In the editorial in the Palestinian daily newspaper, Al Hayat Al Jadida, the editor-in-chief, Haviz Barghouthi, calls for an international custody of the Palestinian people. He said that the people are living in conditions that can no longer be accepted, while the Palestinian Authority has turned into little more than a symbol, without any real effectiveness, as the occupation has become the reality on the ground.

Barghouthi declared "the occupation kept some of our soul for us, what do we need from an authority that can't protect itself? What do we need from a government which divides us? And what do we need from factions which can't protect anyone, as clans fight among each other?"

"We don’t deserve ourselves or the occupied land, the family clashes continue, the factional clashes continue, and the occupation also continues. We have lived a big lie called the PA, another lie called democracy, and a third lie called the government. The authority is without sovereignty, the government is doing nothing, I am, as an ordinary citizen, calling for the international community to intervene to protect our people from the occupation and from the government; and to protect our government from itself and to protect the citizens from the clans. I call for an international force to stop the Israeli madness, to control our case of lawlessness and bring back our self confidence to us. I call to place ourselves under international custody, as we can no longer bear the burden of the occupation. Without freedom, we can't govern ourselves."

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"Autumn Clouds" death toll rises to 47
after brutal day of violence in the north of the Gaza Strip
Date: 05 / 11 / 2006 Time: 10:56

The funeral of Ahmed Abu Hmed, Saturday.
Killed in an Israeli strike on Rafah, Abu Hmed
was a Hamas leader (Ma'an)
Gaza - Ma'an - The death toll of the Israeli Operation: Autumn Clouds has raised to 47, after nine Palestinians were killed on Saturday. So far, in repeated incursions and aerial attacks, 250 have been injured, including 38 in a critical condition.

Security sources said that Mazin Shabat, 38, was killed when an Israeli sniper shot him near the Erez crossing point, north of Beit Hanoun. Shabat had been arrested by the Israeli forces in the area, but was released a short time afterwards, only to be shot by a sniper, just minutes after his release. His relative, Zahir Shabat, was also critically injured.

Isra-a Talal Nasser, 15, was shot in the head by Israeli forces yesterday.

In Al-Awda hospital, north of Jabalia refugee camp, Ammar Riziq died of wounds sustained when Israeli jets first attacked the Beit Hanoun area.

Earlier on Saturday, two brothers were reported to have been killed by Israeli forces in Beit Hanoun. Ali and Issa Naouq, 23 and 18, were killed in the Abd Rabbo area, east of Beit Hanoun. According to Palestinian security sources, the brothers were activists of the Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades, the nebula of militant groups affiliated with Hamas.

Also on Saturday, Raed Siyam, 22, was killed, and three others injured, one critically. It has been alleged that the four men were also al-Qassam Brigades activists. They were also attacked in the Abd Rabbo area, east of Beit Hanoun.

Adwan hospital sources said that many injured Palestinians were transported to the hospital with their limbs amputated by a new type of weaponry, previously unseen in the Gaza Strip.

On Saturday morning, Loay Bournou was killed by Israeli forces while traveling in his car. Ibrahim Basiouni was also killed in the east of Beit Hanoun.

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Israeli Army: “65 Palestinians taken prisoner, 45 fighters killed in the Gaza Strip”
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies - Sunday, 05 November 2006, 18:28

The Israeli army announced on Sunday evening that troops operating in the Gaza Strip since Wednesday killed 45 Palestinian fighters and took 65 fighters prisoner.

A spokesperson of the Israeli Army, Avhai Edry, said that the army will only end its operation in Beit Hanoun until “it achieves its objectives”.

Edry added that some of the “achievements” of the operation are destroying weapon storages, killing 65 “wanted fighters from several factions” and weakening the Palestinian armed groups.

Edry also said that three Israeli soldiers were killed during the ongoing offensive.

The military offensive “Autumn Clouds” was launched by Israel on November 1. Palestinian medical sources reported that at least 51 residents were killed and at least 250 were injured in Beit Hanoun and around it during the ongoing offensive, the casualties include several children and women.

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Israeli attack on Beit Hanoun continues: 9 killed Saturday, including teenage sisters
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies - Saturday, 04 November 2006, 23:41

An Israeli sniper stationed on an occupied rooftop in the Palestinian town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, shot and killed two teenage sisters Saturday evening, as well as a 22-year old man, making the death toll 48 since the invasion began on Wednesday.

Medical sources identified the three latest casualties as Alaa Nasser 15, her sister Israa 18, and Ammar Omer, 22, all of Beit Hanoun.

The city remains under attack by massive Israeli military force, and no one is being allowed out of their homes. Israeli soldiers and snipers have been firing indiscriminately at local residents who have attempted to scavenge for food and water during the closure, according to local sources. Forty-eight people, including children, women and medical relief workers have been killed by Israeli gunfire, tank shells and missiles, and 240 have been wounded, many of them seriously.

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Six Palestinians, including two brothers, killed on Saturday
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies - Saturday, 04 November 2006, 14:41

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that six Palestinians, including two brothers who were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. Number of Palestinians killed since Israel launched its “Autumn Clouds” in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning rises to 45.

Medical source in Jabalia reported that two brothers, identified as Issa And Ali Mohammad Al Na'ouq were killed in Izbit Abed Rabbu, east of Jabalia.

Four Palestinians were killed on Saturday before noon in the same area. One member of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, was among the killed; three residents were injured.

The fighter was identified as Ra'ed Siyam, 30, the three other residents were seriously injured.

Moreover, rescue teams managed to uncover the body or Marwan Abu Harbeed, 46, from Beit Hanoun. Abu Rahbeeb died under the rubble of his house after it was shelled by the army.

Also, dozens of residents appealed rescue teams to locate the body of another resident who was also buried under the rubble of one of the houses in Beit Hanoun. The resident is from Adwan family, he was killed more than 36 hours ago.

In a separate attack, at least five residents were injured, two seriously, when the Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery Izbit Abed Rabbu in Beit Hanoun.

Earlier on Saturday morning, the Israeli air force fired missile at a vehicle that carried fighters of the Al Qassam brigades, one fighter was killed.

The fighter was identified as Lu'ay Al Bornu, head of Qassam cell, two fighters were seriously injured in the attack.

Also, Mohammad Farouq Al Bornu, 32, from Al Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza was killed after the Israeli air force fired a missile at his vehicle.

Ibrahim Al Basyouni, 19, member of the AL Qassam Brigades, was also killed earlier on Saturday in Izbit Abed Rabbu, in Beit Hanoun.

Israeli military sources reported that one soldier was seriously injured in exchanges of fire with fighters in Beit Hanoun.

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Children tear-gassed as Israeli troops break into a school
Date: 04 / 11 / 2006 Time: 15:37

Hebron - Ma'an - Dozens of Palestinian students, and 15 of their teachers, were affected by tear gas thrown into their classrooms, after Israeli forces broke into a school on Saturday.

Teacher Ayyoub Mehalwis from Jawhar elementary school told Ma'an's reporter in the city that Israeli forces first threw tear gas canisters when they broke into the school, and then a further round of tear gas shot into the classrooms. Israeli troops closed the main gate of the school, preventing ambulances from reaching the school to offer medical assistance.

Mehalwis holds the Israeli authorities responsible for the incident, especially as many of the students and the teachers were affected by the gas. The teachers called for human rights societies to intervene, in order to protect the Palestinian children.