Democratic Palestine : 14 (ص 9)
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Military Operations
The Zionist authorities are expressing growing concern at the
increasing incidents of armed resistance in occupied Palestine. Our
Palestinian masses are proving their unswerving determination to
resist an occupation that has been compared to South African apar-
theid. (See box).
Israeli radio broadcasts, giving
instructions and precautions to be taken,
are common. They caution Israelis
against walking unarmed, leaving their
weapons in parked cars or giving hitch-
hikers lifts. An unprecedented number of
Zionists are being stabbed in the
occupied territories. The Zionist daily
Yediot Aharonot reported 17 cases of
such stabbings in the second half of
1985. Reports mention the new genera-
tion of Palestinians that grew up under
occupation, as being the main ones car-
rying out these daring operations of
shooting Zionists at close range or stab-
bings. On December 3rd, a Zionist com-
mittee, named «The Message of
Jerusalem,» called for the formation of a
‘civilian’ police force to protect Israelis
from the increasing attacks.
Millions of dollars are being spent
on renovation of shelters and building
new ones in the Galilee. The Zionist
authorities are constantly brandishing
threats of retaliation for resistance oper-
ations, but there are indications that the
Israeli population is not satisfied. There
are continuous signs of their weariness
at the war of attrition. After a shelling of
Kiryat Shmoneh settlement, near the
Lebanese border, one settler said, «We
don't want the IDF to return to Lebanon,
but we appeal to the government to find
a way to solve the problem, so we can
live like the rest without the nightmare of
missiles.» Israeli army commander
Amnon Shahak admits, however, «We
don't have magic solutions.»
A report from Reuters news agency
stated, «These operations are not pub-
licized internationally. However, they
have definitely upset Israelis and
caused them to stay away from Arab
markets.» Joel Marcos, a commentator
for the Israeli daily Haaretz, reports,
«,,.(the resistance of Palestinians) has
succeeded in hitting the Israeli nervous
system.»
The Tourism Ministry admits a 20%
drop in tourists. Many are cancelling
reservations from abroad. Merchants in
Bethlehem report a steep decline in
trade in 1985. A reporter from the
Associated Press noted tens of tourists
in comparison to hundreds the year
before.
Following are some of the military
operations carried out by Palestinian
freedom fighters in occupied Palestine
in late December and January:
On Dec. 23, the group of the martyr
Fahd Qawasmeh blew up a chemical
warehouse in Tel Aviv, causing exten-
sive material damage.
On Dec. 25, four operations were
carried out, in Afoula, Hadera (Al
Khudaira - on the coast near Lydda and
Ramleh), Jerusalem and Haifa. A time
bomb exploded near a border police
checkpoint in the center of Afoula, which
was set up especially for searching
Palestinians. Several persons were
wounded at the checkpoint. Eyewitnes-
ses reported ambulances rushing to the
scene, but the Zionist police mentioned
no casualties although they reported the
incident.
In Al Khudaira, explosives went off
in the main electricity generator. A milit-
ary spokesman on Israeli radio acknow-
ledged the operation as well as the
death of an Israeli employee and the
injury of three others. Nearby hospitals
were put on alert, and ambulances
rushed to the site. This is one of the most
important generators in the Zionist
entity. It runs on coal imported from
South Africa.
Israeli radio reported that three
Israelis were shot by unknowns; two
were seriously wounded, the _ third
slightly wounded. They were in a car on
their way to Atsour Shalom settlement
near Haifa, when they were attacked by
machine gun fire.
In Jerusalem, a military patrol car
was. stoned. Two. soldiers were
wounded, one seriously enough to be
hospitalized.
On Dec. 26, a mine exploded under
an armed personnel carrier near Beit
Hanoun settlement, west of Ramallah.
The vehicle was completely destroyed
and 15 Zionist border police killed or
wounded. The enemy radio acknow-
ledged the incident and that 15 were
wounded, but said that the vehicle over-
turned.
On the same day, a time bomb
exploded in Tel Aviv’s main square, near
several first-class cafes and department
stores. The Zionist police reported the
explosion, and ambulances rushed to
the scene. It was later admitted that the
Cause was a bomb, but only one woman
settler was reported wounded. Arie Bibi,
head of the Tel Aviv police, spoke on the
radio, calling for alertness and that
everyone should report suspicious pac-
kages. He said that most of the opera-
tions carried out were a result of
homemade bombs.
On Dec. 27, an Egged bus was
burnt near Yata in the Galilee. According
to the Israeli radio, Katyusha rockets,
launched from Lebanon, hit Zionist set-
tlements twice, in the second day of
such attacks.
On Dec. 28, a freedom fighter
attacked a Zionist patrol car north of
Gaza, with fire bombs, and escaped the
area despite its being besieged by the
Zionist forces. A curfew was imposed for
two days on Shatti camp near Gaza. The
Zionists stormed homes in an extensive
search for guerillas. There were a
number of arrests.
On Dec. 29, a Zionist soldier was
shot in the leg near Fawwar camp near
Hebron (Al Khalil). The next day, the
homes of four families were demolished;
four persons were arrested and accused
of belonging to the Palestinian revolu-
tion.
January 1986
On Jan. 1, a Zionist driver was stab-
bed and seriously wounded near Ram-
leh. He said that a passenger got into the
car and tried to shoot him, but the gun
would not fire, so he stabbed him in the
back and chest.
On Jan. 2, Palestinian revo-
lutionaries planted a bomb in a trash bin
near Ramat Gan bus station, east of Tel
Aviv. One Zionist was wounded and
hospitalized, and there was extensive
material damage. The same day a Mos-
sad agent, Yacoub Baba Shafili, was
shot dead at close range by a Palesti-
nian freedom fighter, as he was driving
his car near Lydda.
On Jan. 6, an Israeli military patrol
car was attacked with fire bombs on the
road between Bethlehem and Hebron.
On Jan. 8, a molotov cocktail was
thrown at a border patrol car near Beit
Sahour in the occupied West Bank.
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