Ramallah June 8th 2002 Wafa;
Below is a brief of the major events of the past 24 hours on the Palestinian arena:

Wafa correspondent reported that the Israeli occupation forces re-invaded Jenin city on Friday June 7th, using several tanks and other military vehicles, and according to eyewitnesses they closed the city and stationed their troops at the entrances and imposed curfew, then commenced ransacking citizens’ houses searching for civilians in order to arrest them.

According to medical sources in Rafidya Hospital in Nablus, the Palestinian citizen Ziyad Yameen (43) died due to sustained wounds since May 26th when the Israeli occupation forces invaded the his City of Qalqilya, and opened their machinegun fire towards the residential houses, severely wounding him while he was at home. Due to his critical situation he was evacuated to Rafidya Hospital where he died yesterday.

The Israeli occupation forces arrested the Nablus University student Girl Dua’a Jayousi (22) from Tulkarem, and the citizen Jaber Aazem who was released later the day. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli occupation forces re-invaded the city of Tulkarem and commenced an arrest campaign amongst the citizens. They also said that the Israeli occupation forces used several tanks and other military equipment.

Eyewitnesses in Tulkarem said that the Israeli occupation forces stopped a Palestinian vehicle carrying the Palestinian citizen Rasmi Wahede (22) and cuffed his hands and led him to an unknown destination.

Mr. Nabil Abu Redeneh, President Arafat media advisor called on the International countries to fulfill their obligation and take a more firm stand against Israel. He also said that Israel is considered as an outlaw country and behaves as such. He continued that there will be no hope for stability as long as the Israeli occupation forces are still attacking and terrorizing the Palestinians.