4 Palestinian fighters killed by Israeli occupation forces, Palestinian man kills Israeli woman, injures 16 in Dimona bombing

Israeli air raid kills Popular Resistance Committees leader Abu Al-Sa'id
Date: 04 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:19

Abu As-Sa'id [Ma'anImages]
Gaza – Ma'an –

The Israeli occupation forces on assassinated the number one leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, 'Amir Qarmoot Abu Al-Sa'id, in the Gaza Strip on Monday morning.

An Israeli warplane fired a missile at Abu Al-Sa'id's car in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

Palestinian medical sources said that three other people have been injured in the raid.

Israeli forces kill two Islamic Jihad Activists near Jenin

Date: 04 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:20

Jenin – Ma'an –

Two Palestinian activists affiliated to the military wing of Islamic Jihad, the Al-Quds Brigades were killed in an Israeli ambush on Monday morning in the northern West Bank town of Qabatia south of Jenin.

Palestinian medical sources said that 32-year-old Ahmad Abu Zeid and 20-year-old Ammar Zakarna were killed, while 21-year-old Neji Nazzal was seriously injured and was sent to the governmental hospital in Jenin.

Sources in the Al-Quds Brigades said the activists were sitting under the trees in the western neighborhood of the town after blocking the access road to the area with rocks to impede Israeli patrols or undercover forces. When they rose to move to another place, they were surprised by an Israeli infantry unit, ordering them to surrender.

According to the Al-Quds Brigades sources, after they refusing to surrender, they exchanged fire with the Israeli troops and Nazzal was injured in the thigh. The two other fighters tried to rescue him, even though they were also injured by this time, however, they managed to run away.

"Ammar was found bleeding after the Israeli soldiers prevented ambulances from evacuating him. He continued bleeding until he died," the source said. Ahamad and Neji were also trapped in the western neighborhood, bleeding while ambulances were barred from the area. "Finally, medics in an ambulance were able to evacuate Neji Nazzal, while Ahmad Abu Zeid died of his wound," the source added

Ahmad Abu Zeid was married and left behind an eight-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son. He joined the Islamic Jihad three years ago. The Israeli forces have been pursuing him for two years, raideding his home several times.

Ammar Zakarna, the Al-Quds Brigades said, had managed to conceal his affiliation with the group, and had not been pursued by the Israeli military.

Three killed (two Palestinians and one Israeli) in bombing of Israeli shopping mall in Dimona
Date: 04 / 02 / 2008 Time: 11:15
Jerusalem – Ma'an –

At least three people have been killed and 16 injured after a Palestinian man blew himself up in a shopping mall in the city of Dimona in southern Israel.

Two bombers and an Israeli woman were killed in the attack. The second bomber was shot dead by Israeli security guards, Ha'aretz reported.

Immediately after the explosion was heard, large numbers of Israeli police, ambulances and medics hurried to the shopping mall, closing off the area.

Three groups, including Fatah's armed wing, the Al-Aqsa Brigades, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (PFLP) armed wing, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, and a new group calling themselves the United Resistance Brigades, claimed joint responsibility for the attack.

An Al-Aqsa Brigades spokesperson told Ma'an that a bomber blew himself up before a group of fighters clashed with Israeli security in the area.

He also announced that two fighters have been killed, confirming that they came from the Gaza Strip. The spokesperson denied Israeli reports that the bombers came through the Sinai Peninsula.

According to the spokesperson, the operation was called "the Promise of Those True to Their Words." He said that the operation came in retaliation for the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip.

The spokesperson added that Israelis are talking about the fighters coming through the Sinai Peninsula in an attempt to get Egypt involved in the crisis.

Israeli observers worried that Palestinian fighters would cross into Egypt through the border wall after it was breached in January, and launch attacks on Israel from the Sinai.

Israelis are worried that the bombing signals the beginning of a series of operations by Palestinian resistance fighters.

The last Palestinian to blow himself up inside Israel was in January 2007 in the Red Sea resort town of Eilat.

***Last Updated at 12:22 Bethlehem time

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