Democratic Palestine : 19 (ص 9)

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Democratic Palestine : 19 (ص 9)

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Military Operations
in Occupied Palestine
Palestinian revolutionaries in the occupied homeland continue their
attacks on Zionist military and economic presence on a daily basis.
Below is a summary of military operations in occupied Palestine from
July 11th until September 17th. Most of these operations were fol-
lowed by mass arrests, curfews, etc., yet the next day militants
managed once again to hit a Zionist target. In the case of some of the
larger operations, the Zionists imposed an information blockade, so
we are unable to present accurate casualty figures.
JULY
In the last half of July, there were
thirteen military operations against
Zionist targets in various parts of
Palestine. Among these were bombs in
Tel Aviv and in the Israeli War
Ministry’s draft center in Bir Saba’ in
South Palestine (the Naqab). In the
latter attack, the building burned and
seven Zionists were reported injured.
On July 31st, as Peres was received
by King Hassan II, Palestinian revolu-
tionaries threw hand grenades at a
group of Zionist settlers from Maale
Efraim, who were ‘touring’ Jericho; 13
of them were injured. On seven different
occasions, fire bombs or stones were
thrown at Zionist military posts and
patrols in the occupied West Bank or
Gaza Strip; three soldiers were injured
in these attacks.
A fire bomb caused the Diplomatic
Hotel in Tel Aviv, frequented by Zio-
nist intelligence officers, to burn for
several hours, leaving many casualties.
Fires were also set in the forests of
Etzion settiement and a nature reserve
in northern Palestine, on land that has
been confiscated and is now off-limits
for Palestinans.
There was also a noteworthy attack,
aimed at stopping collaboration with
the plans to resolve the question of the
occupied territories via the ‘Jordanian
option’. Rashad Shawwa’s citrus pack-
aging factory in Gaza was burned
down. His own son claimed responsibi-
lity, as a warning to his father to stop
cooperating with the enemy plans.
Again on August 12th, Shawwa’s
extensive business interests were hit;
there was an explosion in his car repair
shop, causing material damage.
AUGUST
Daily attacks on Zionist targets were
reported in August. In the part of
Palestine occupied in 1948, a hand
grenade injured five Israelis in Acca. .
There was a molotov attack in Tel
Aviv, and a land mine exploded near
Kafr Robin settlement in the Galilee,
killing one and injuring another Israeli.
In the occupied Gaza Strip, there was
an explosion in, the Gaza police center,
while buses carrying Zionist soldiers
were hit by stones on eight separate
occasions. ;
Palestinian militants were especially
active in the occupied West Bank.
There were at least 15 hand grenade,
fire bomb, molotov or stone attacks on
Israeli patrols and buses, especially
concentrated in Nablus and Hebron (Al
Khalil). An explosion near Evrat sett-
lement, near Bethlehem, injured three
Zionist soldiers, while another near
Gush Etzion caused many casualties
among the settlers. In the Jerusalem
area, two Palestinians stabbed two
Israeli soldiers, and Palestinian mili-
tants opened fire on an Israeli jeep.
SEPTEMBER
From September Ist until the 17th,
ten attacks on Zionist targets were
reported in different parts of occupied
Palestine. Hand grenades and molotovs
targeted military patrols in the Gaza
Strip, causing many casualties. Fire
bombs and molotovs targeted Israeli
vehicles in the West Bank. The El Al
office in Jerusalem was attacked by
hand grenades, injuring a guard and
causing material damage.
There was an explosion in an Israeli
intelligence office in Haifa, which des-
troyed the seven-storey building, killed
two and injured many others. Another
large explosion in the city’s industrial
area caused a fire which burned an
entire factory, with damages estimated
at $50 million. According to Israeli
sources, the sound was so loud that
Zionists in nearby settlements ran to
shelters, imagining it was a Syrian air
raid!
In Nablus, a fire bomb damaged the
house of a collaborator. Also in
Nablus, an Israeli soldier was stabbed,
while in Hebron, a 37 year-old woman,
mother of ten, stabbed an Israeli sol-
dier. Another soldier shot and killed
her, while the first soldier was hospita-
lized in critical condition. e
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