Democratic Palestine : 23 (ص 6)

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Democratic Palestine : 23 (ص 6)

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Military Operations
In February, a series of military operations occurred in all different
parts of occupied Palestine, complementing the ongoing mass upris-
ing in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The continuation of Amal’s
dirty war against the Palestinian camps in Lebanon did not prevent
Palestinian militants in the occupied homeland from continuing their
heroic actions against the Zionist forces, to defeat the plans of an-
nexation, confiscation and containment.
Thirty-seven military operations were
conducted during the month of
February, against military and other
vital Zionist targets. The method of
execution varied, but taken together
they caused real disruption in the Israeli
‘security’ measures and concern to
Zionist officials.
GEOGRAPHICAL
DISTRIBUTION
In 1948 occupied Palestine, seven
Operations were conducted in the
Galilee, Triangle and Negev (Naqab).
Of these, three were in Tel Aviv, one in
Haifa, one in Al Khudeireh, one in Bir
Sheeba, and one in the Upper Galilee,
which was carried out by Palestinian
militants who crossed the border into
Palestine.
In the occupied West Bank, there
were 21 operations, of which 11 were in
Jerusalem, four in Nablus, two in
Hebron, three in Tulkarm and one in
Jenin.
In the occupied Gaza Strip, nine
operations occurred. Five of them were
in Gaza and Al Shatti camp, one in Al
Nusseirat, one in Khan Younis, one in
Rafah and one in Dir Al Balah.
TYPE OF OPERATIONS
Molotov cocktails were extensively
used in February. There were 21
molotov operations, as opposed to 18
in January. In addition, eight explosive
charges were detonated in Zionist
military targets or other vital installa-
tions. There were two stabbings of
Zionists. A Zionist soldier was kid-
napped; so far, his whereabouts are
unknown to the Israeli authorities. A
car was crashed into a Zionist military
patrol. There was an attack from across
the borders and the burning of a bank.
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OUTSTANDING
OPERATIONS
On February Ist, there were three
Operations of note: A Zionist soldier,
Noah Shoro, 31 years of age, was
stabbed near Bab Al Amoud in
Jerusalem. A molotov cocktail attack
targeted three military vehicles in Gaza.
An explosive charge was set off in a bus
parked in a station in Al Khudeireh,
causing nine injuries, two of them
serious, according to the Zionists. The
Israeli radio reported that the bus was
on its way to Jerusalem from Haifa,
and that the charge had been put under
the driver’s seat or in the luggage com-
partment. The radio termed this the
most dangerous operation since last
February when a bomb exploded in a
Tel Aviv neighborhood.
There was a molotov cocktail attack
on a military bus in Hebron on
February 4th, and on a military patrol
in Gaza on February 10th. In mid-
February, the house of a collaborator
in Tulkarm was attacked twice with
molotov cocktails. On February 11th,
there was an explosion in Bir Sheeba,
while five molotov cocktails were
thrown at an Israeli bus in Qalandia,
outside Jerusalem.
An outstanding operation, which
planted fear in the hearts of the
Zionists, occurred when a Palestinian
taxi driver, Samih Ibrahim Khar-
rousheh, rammed his car into a gather-
ing of Zionist soldiers near Askar camp
on February 17th. Three of the soldiers
were injured according to Israeli ad-
mission. Israeli officials spoke openly
of their fear that this type of operation
will spread in the occupied territories.
Another outstanding operation,
which spread fear among the settler
population, was the hand grenade at-
tack on a group of border guards near
Bab Al Amoud in Jerusalem, on
February 21st. The Zionists reported
that one soldier was killed and 17 others
wounded, but one should bear in mind
that they usually play down _ the
casualties in their ranks.
On February 26th, there was an ex-
plosion in Bni Brak quarter of Tel
Aviv, which is inhabited by Zionist ex-
tremists. On February 15th, there was a
car bomb in Kfar Saba near Tel Aviv,
and on February 20th, the Hapoalim
bank in Jerusalem was burned.
LOSSES
According to the Israeli military
spokesman, the operations in February
caused the death of one and the injury
of 23 Israelis. However, the number
and quality of the operations carried
out indicate that the official Israeli
casualty figures do not tell the whole
story. There was, moreover, extensive
material damage caused by some of
these operations.
Concerning the Palestinian revolu-
tion’s losses, four militants were mar-
tyred in a clash with Zionist forces near
a settlement in the Upper Galilee. The
heroic taxi driver was also martyred
when Zionist troops shot him near
Askar camp.
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