Democratic Palestine : 25 (ص 15)
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Occupied Palestine
Military Operations
In April, there was a marked escalation of military operations
against Zionist targets in occupied Palestine, parallel to the rise in
mass resistance. Spurred on by the restoration of the PLO’s unity
and national program, this militant trend continued throughout May
and into June, stressing our masses’ continued will to resist, 39 years
after the original occupation of Palestine and 20 years after the oc-
cupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
APRIL
In the last issue of Democratic
Palestine, we noted some of the
military operations in the first part of
April. Here we present a summary of
the entire month. All in all, Palestinian
revolutionaries carried out 33 military
operations in the occupied homeland,
in addition to more than 27 attacks on
Zionist targets using stones. A‘s a result,
five Israelis were killed and 21 wound-
ed, according to the admissions of
Israeli sources. Moreover, damage was
inflicted on a number of Israeli vehicles
and establishments.
Operations occurred in all parts of
Palestine, and employed a variety of
methods and weapons ranging from
stones, fire bombs and explosives to
machine guns and heavy rockets. An
Israeli army spokesman acknowledged
that police stations, military buses and
soldiers were attacked 23 times with
molotov cocktails. Zionist vehicles were
increasingly targeted by _ stones,
resulting in the injury of 12 Israeli
soldiers and settlers, and damage to
many vehicles. Israeli police centers
were attacked in the occupied Gaza
Strip and in Tobas in the occupied West
Bank. Fire bombs were repeatedly
thrown at the same target, as in the
Gaza Strip when an Israeli patrol was
successively hit by fire bombs while
trying to clear away the street barriers
set up by the people.
In mid-April, Palestinian comman-
dos succeeded in kidnapping a Zionist
soldier, David Shoham. He disap-
peared on April 24th, and Israeli radio
reported in early May that he had been
found dead, though it claimed that in-
itial investigations indicated suicide.
Perhaps most upsetting to the Zionist
leadership was the brave attack of April
18th, when Palestinian revolutionaries
penetrated the Zionists’ security wall
and crossed into northern Palestine, to
attack Al Manara settlement. A clash
ensued, and before being martyred, the
revolutionaries managed to kill several
Israeli soldiers. The Israelis admitted
the death of two soldiers, one of them
an officer, but Palestinian sources
estimated the enemy losses to be as
many as ten. This heroic operation
underscored the failure of the Zionists
to achieve their goals in the 1982 inva-
sion of Lebanon, and the inability of
their ‘security zone’ and Lahd’s army
to insure Zionist security. Two days
later, the same point was driven home
when rockets launched from South
Lebanon landed in northern occupied
Palestine.
MAY
The month of May witnessed a great
increase in the number of military
Operations against the Zionist occupa-
tion, its military forces, intelligence
agents and settler gangs. There were 44
military operations, averaging 1.5 dai-
ly. Palestinian freedom fighters hit
Zionist targets in all areas of occupied
Palestine. According to Zionist admis-
sions, five Israelis were killed and 74
wounded. The operations also caused
heavy financial losses to Zionist in-
stitutions.
Five operations occurred in occupied
Jerusalem where four Israeli vehicles
were destroyed and many Zionist
soldiers killed or wounded, although
the Israeli spokesmen deliberately
neglected to announce these casualties.
In the occupied West Bank, there
were 20 operations. An _ Israeli
spokesman admitted that seven Zionists
were wounded and eight vehicles
destroyed. In the occupied Gaza Strip,
there were ten operations - in Gaza city,
Khan Younis, Rafah and Jabalia camp.
According to Israeli admissions, two
Zionists were killed and seven others
wounded. In addition, six Israeli
vehicles were destroyed. In Rafah, the
Israeli Hapoalim Bank was blown up.
Also in the Strip, a Palestinian citizen
was martyred in Khan Younis. He was
shot by the Israeli occupation forces
who claimed that he was carrying ex-
plosives and refused their orders to
halt.
In the part. of Palestine occupied
since 1948, there were nine operations.
Israeli sources admitted that three
Israelis were killed and sixty others
wounded; two Israeli vehicles were
destroyed, as was a shop. The
Telmoudi Institute was burned as was a
store selling tires. These operations oc-
curred in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Khadeira
and other places.
In May, there was a marked increase
in the use of molotov cocktails. Twenty
out of 45 operations were carried out
using this weapon, about half of all
operations. This weapon has become
common among the Palestinians under
occupation, because it is easy to make
and use. There was also a noticeable
rise in attacks using knives. Four
Operations were carried out using this
weapon, killing one Zionist and woun-
ding three. There was also an increase
in the use of firearms in confronting
Israeli soldiers and intelligence agents.
Five operations were carried out using
firearms. Israeli soldiers were attacked
with guns; others were abducted and
then shot, as happened on Al Khadeira
road in Tel Aviv on May 17th. Also in
May, there was a remote-control ex-
plosion. This method was used last
year, and it will probably be developed
if materials and know-how are
available. Moreover, there is a
noticeable increase in self-reliance in
producing weapons locally. This is seen
in the increased use of molotovs and the
creation of explosives by filling sacks
with burning material to be thrown at
Israeli vehicles and establishments.
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