Democratic Palestine : 18 (ص 6)
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spot in- the mountains east of Beirut,
where Palestinian revolutionary forces
have a joint position with the Progres-
sive Socialist Party, facing the fascist
forces. There were two martyrs and 12
wounded in the air raid, mostly civi-
lians. Colonel Abu Ahmed Fuad,
PFLP Politbureau member in charge of
the military forces, said that this raid
failed to accomplish its aims, because
the area targetted had been evacuated.
He added: «We shall reply to this raid
at the suitable time and place.»
HONORING THE MARTYRS
Several hundred people attended a
gathering convened by the PFLP in
Yarmouk camp, outside Damascus, to
celebrate the operation and honor the
martyrs. The father of Khalil Khattab
spoke on behalf of the families of the
four martyrs. He congratulated the
PFLP on the operation and pointed out
that it demonstrated the Palestinian
people’s adherence to the armed
struggle, and was a concrete response to
the deviating policy of the right wing.
Comrade Abu Ahmed Fuad _ also
addressed the gathering, stressing the
importance of the armed struggle. A
videotape was shown of the martyrs in
training before the operation and their
last testimony. Their words indicated
that they were prepared for death if this
meant contributing to the continuation
of the cause of liberation. The cermony
ended with Comrade Abu Ahmed Fuad
presenting medals of heroism for the
martyrs, to members of their family. e
Military Operations
in Occupied Palestine
The Palestinian people, regardless of the deviation of the right-wing
PLO leadership, display clarity of action in the ongoing anti-
occupation struggle. Palestinian vanguards in the occupied home-
land continue to intensify armed resistance against the Zionist state.
Below is an account of operations in occupied Palestine, carried out
between June 10th and July 10th, and admitted by the Zionist
authorities.
In the occupied Gaza Strip, there were
nine firebomb attacks on Zionist vehi-
cles. A Palestinian militant attacked and
wounded a Zionist settler.
In the occupied West Bank, activities
were more intense. In Jerusalem alone,
there were eleven firebombs and a hand
grenade directed against Zionist targets.
There was an explosion in a hotel in
West Jerusalem. In these attacks, the
Zionist state admitted the injury of one
settler. In Nablus, two firebombs were
thrown at Zionist military vehicles. A
land mine exploded when a Zionist
vehicle passed near Bethlehem. A mili-
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tary communications station, between
Ramallah and Jerusalem, was attacked
by Palestinian guerrillas. The biggest
operation occurred on June 16th, when
explosives were planted on an Israeli
military bus in the Jordan Valley,
causing its total destruction. The
Zionist authorities admitted the death
of three soldiers and the injury of 21,
but claimed that the bus went out of
control and had an accident because of
brake malfunction. The occupation
authorities banned distribution of the
Jerusalem daily A/ Fajr for three days,
for reporting that the bus was destroyed
by an explosion. A/ Fajr was accused of
incitement!
Because of the greater concentration
of Zionist settlers in the part of Palestine
occupied in 1948, Palestinian militants
planned many of their operations there.
The Tel Aviv area was particularly tar-
geted: five explosives were detonated in
hotels, cinemas, shopping centers and
crowded streets. Israeli sources
admitted the injury of eight. In one
booby-trapped car, five settlers were
injured. In Lydda, a Zionist was injured
when fired upon by a Palestinian from a
passing car. In Ashdod, an explosive
charge went off in the post office, inju-
ring one according to Israeli sources. In
Jaffa, there was an explosion in a busy
street. ‘Israel’ admitted the injury of
one. In the cemetary of Beesan, in the
Galilee, a Zionist soldier was found
executed. A phosphorous grenade was
thrown into a schoolyard in Natania.
In a total of 38 operations, the Zio-
nists admitted the death of four and the
injury of 32. Three of these deaths and
29 of the injuries occurred in only two
attacks. One wonders how there could
have been so few casualties in the
remaining operations, while on the
other hand Israeli casualties in road
accidents are always rising. It would
seem the Zionists are supermen in
withstanding explosives and grenades,
but when it comes to road accidents, the
most mobile army in the world does not
bother to have the brakes of its vehicles
repaired!
FIGHTING OCCUPATION IN
LEBANON
This summer the Lebanese National
Resistance Front, aided by the Palesti-
nian revolution, increased its armed
resistance to the Zionist occupation
forces and their lackeys, Lahd’s rene-
gade South Lebanon Army (SLA).
From the first of June up until the 14th
of July, there were 47 artillery attacks
on the Zionist army and the SLA, and
77 commando attacks on their posi-
tions. ‘Israel’ admitted the death of two
of their soldiers and the injury of
eleven. There were additional casualties
in the ranks of the SLA. In the same
period, there were four Katyusha
rocket attacks against Zionist settle-
ments in North Palestine.
CUMULATIVE CASUALTIES
Zionist military sources released sta-
tistics for 1985, after their withdrawal
to the so-called security zone, indica-
ting that there were 1165 military ope-
rations against the SLA and Israeli
army in South Lebanon. According to
their admission, six Israeli soldiers
died, two were kidnapped, and ten were
injured in settlements in the North of
Palestine (AI Destour, Amman, June
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