In 48 hours, Israeli military kills three Palestinians

Thursday October 16, 2008 13:13 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

Early on Thursday morning, a Palestinian young man was killed and two other were wounded by the Israeli military gun fire in the Kufer Malek village to the west of Tulkarm, security sources and witnesses said.

Israeli soldiers shooting at Palestinians in the West Bank

The sources said that a contingent of the Israeli troops invaded the Kufer Malek at midnight Thursday as clashed erupted between local residents and the invading forces.

Medical sources confirmed later on that Aziz Eb'airat, 21, was shot dead by the Israeli soldiers and that two other youth, including Shadi Saleh, 21, were wounded and evacuated to a nearby hospital.

Witnesses said that the youth of the village were apparently angered by the scene of Israeli military vehicles and jeeps invading their village, and that they began throwing stones and empty bottles on the forces, in defense of their village.

Meanwhile, medics announce the death of Mohammad Alramahi, 22, from the Jalazoun refugee camp near Ramallah, after having been sustained Israeli gun shots earlier on Wednesday.

A third resident, Abdelqader Zaid, was killed on late on Tuesday night near the Israeli illegal settlement of Beit Eil, on the outskirts of the Jalazoun refugee camp in northern West Bank city of Ramallah.

Dr. Mustafa Albarghouthi, chairman of the Palestinian Initiative party and former information minister, condemned the Israeli killings over the past 48 hours, making clear that these actions are part of Israel's war crimes against the Palestinian people

" the Israeli army and armed settlers actions including killing with cold blood and keeping up constructing an Apartheid Wall around the West Bank, would definitely lead to one more massive popular uprising ", Albarghouthi believed in a statement, emailed to press.

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