One killed in Israeli / Palestinian conflict
At least one Palestinian has died this morning as Israel continued its military onslaught in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian was killed as Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank town of Tulkarem from three directions early today.
Witnesses said the soldiers declared a curfew and confined people to their homes before helicopters arrived and fired missiles.
Israeli warplanes also fired missiles at the Palestinian police headquarters in Gaza City today, sending children from a nearby school fleeing from the area.
The police headquarters has been largely abandoned in recent weeks following a string of Israeli attacks and only two of the compound’s 25 buildings remained standing after today’s assault. There were no reports of any injuries.
Israeli gunboats also targeted Gaza City early today, just an hour after a missile was fired at Yasser Arafat’s West Bank office while he was meeting a senior EU official, Miguel Moratinos.
The missile exploded 15 yards from the office, breaking windows, but nobody was hurt. In this morning’s attack, gunboats fired at a Palestinian police roadblock near the Gaza coast, wounding 13 policemen, three of them critically. Other gunboats also targeted Mr Arafat’s Gaza office.
This morning’s violence comes after the deaths of 12 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers during a day of attacks yesterday.
