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| Middle East |
| Nablus operation |
| 2003-02-22 |
| On Saturday, Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians in an operation in Nablus on the West Bank. Palestinian security officials said the two were killed in the densely-populated casbah district, where the army has imposed a curfew. Israeli military sources quoted by army radio said Walid el-Masri, 22, was killed after he threw a petrol bomb from a house in the casbah, while Sami Halawi, 42, was shot as he approached with a suspicious object. Six Palestinians are reported to have been killed since the Israelis launched "Operation Root Canal" in Nablus on Thursday, sending the army into the casbah to carry out house-to-house searches. "Operation Root Canal"? What're they going to name the next one? "Operation Slipped Disc"? Or "Operation Fractured Elbow"? Dozens of Palestinians have been arrested and several homes and shops damaged in Nablus - which, like most other major West Bank towns, has been reoccupied since June. Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has urged the international community to force Israel to stop what he called the "human catastrophe". "It ain't fair. They're better shots than our gunnies." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |