Democratic Palestine : 26 (ص 14)
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- Democratic Palestine : 26 (ص 14)
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OUTSTANDING
OPERATIONS
Below we list some of the more
outstanding operations for July:(1) On
July 4, there was an explosion in a
restaurant frequented by Israeli soldiers
in Qalqilia, injuring fifteen soldiers.(2)
An explosion at the Haifa power sta-
tion on July 9, burned part of the sta-
tion and cut off the power supply to
some areas. (3) On July 12, the Israeli
civil administration building in Jabalia
camp, Gaza Strip, was hit by a molotov
cocktail. (4) An Israeli female soldier
was Stabbed in Haifa on July 12. (5) A
gang of settlers riding motorcycles
through Jericho on July 17, was at-
tacked by molotov cocktails. (6) An
explosive charge detonated near the
Akka power station on July 17 started a
fire which spread and caused damage in
the surrounding area. (7) There was an
explosion on a bus carrying twenty
passengers in Jaffa on July 21. (8)
Suha Rafiq Al Ghool, an agent working
for the Gaza police, was shot on July
27. (9) A car bomb targeted Hasan Abu
Rokn, director of Shatta prison in
Akka, injuring him and destroying his
car, on July 28. (10) On July 30, a
Palestinian girl stabbed a Zionist settler
with a knife in Khan Younis in the oc-
cupied Gaza Strip.
AUGUST
In August, Palestinian freedom
fighters continued their attacks on the
occupation forces in Palestine. The
Zionist authorities acknowledged 39
military operations, causing the death
of two Israeli soldiers, 18 injured and
five missing. In the part of Palestine
occupied in 1948, twelve operations, or
one-third of the total, were carried out,
despite the strict security measures of
the Zionist state.
An outstanding anti-occupation at-
tack occurred in Qalqilia. Palestinians
threw molotov cocktails inside an
Israeli vehicle at short range, critically
injuring an Israeli airforce engineer and
his wife, and burning the vehicle. in Tel
Aviv, a Palestinian woman stabbed an
Israeli settler and disppeared. The
authorities declared a_ state of
emergency in the city and embarked on
a search for the woman. An explosion
caused a textile factory in the Negev
(South Palestine) to burn down. Losses
were estimated in the millions of
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shekels. In Haifa, Palestinians were
able to infiltrate the port area and plant
explosives in the main office of the
Israeli navigation company. Israeli
firefighters were not able to contain the
blaze, and the whole building burned
down.
five bullets at short range from a 9 mm
gun, while driving a military vehicle on
the way to his office. He died instantly.
The authorities imposed a strict curfew
and closed Gaza port. Israeli in-
telligence men combed the city and ar-
rested 400 Gazans in a futile attempt to
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«Nazareth» Naji Al Ali
The single most outstanding opera
tion of the month targetted the chief of
police in Gaza, who was also responsi-
ble for Ansar II prison there.On August
2nd, he was shot in broad daylight in
the middle of Gaza City. The Zionist
authorities announced that Lieutenant
Ron Thal, 23 years old, was hit with
find the militants. This operation was a
shock for the Zionist leaders. The army
prohibited Israeli soldiers from travell-
ing alone, and the authorities decided
to transport soldiers and settlers bet-
ween Tel Aviv and the Gaza Strip, by
sea.
Mass Resistance
In August, there were a series of
confrontations between the Palestinian
people and the Israeli forces in oc-
cupied Palestine. Two Palestinians
were killed and 35 injured. One of those
killed was a seven-year old boy who
stepped on an Israeli-planted land mine
while returning to his village, Aqraba,
in the Nablus area. The other martyr
was shot by an Israeli patrol on August
22nd, also in Nablus.
On Atigust 13th, there was a massive
demonstration in front of Vishone
prison, protesting the arrest of a
Palestinian resident in Haifa, The
demonstrators chanted slogans for the
PLO and raised Palestinian flags.
On August I7th, all shops in East
Jerusalem closed tn solidarity with the
Jerusalem Flectricity Company, to
protest the Israeli decision to restrict its
concession. The strike was the biggest
for along time.
There was a series of demonstrations
in Nablus the fast week of August, in
protest of the Zionists’ shooting of a
Palestinian on August 22nd. The
demonstrations turned into street bat-
tles between the Palestinians and the
Israeli occupation forees. The masses
used sticks, stones and empty bottles to
confront the occupiers’ tear gas and
bullets. Three Palestinians were in-
jured, among them a woman and child.
In 1948 occupied Palestine, Palesti-
nian children began the new school year
with a strike on September Ist, pro-
testing lack of classrooms, facilities and
teachers. According to Israeli radio,
230,000 students stayed away from
school, closing 460 schools. The
municipal council offices in Palestinian
towns also closed, protesting lack of
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