Tulkarem (Westbank cities under harsh attack part III)
Maria V. | 14.11.2002 09:15
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7th of November, report from an international activist working on the Red Crescent ambulance:
A boy was shot by Israeli Special Forces who were in the camp looking for wanted men. As his fifteen year old brother went out to take him off the street, Special Forces opened fire and shot the young man in the stomach. The ambulance was called but was stopped and fired on by the Israeli army and forced to go back. However, the people of the camp, sneaking from home to home, managed to reach the hospital, carrying the boy. He is now recovering.
A woman from Nablus living in Tulkaren was reportedly shot in her stomach by Palestinians, as she is known to be a collaborator. She was brought to Nablus hospital where she is receiving treatment.
A man was shot by the Israeli army during hours of gunfire in the Tulkarem camp, with three bullets in his chest, his leg and his arm. After the ambulance managed to sneak into the camp, he was taken to the hospital.
A caller reported a man unconscious in a house in the camp, still breathing. An ambulance was sent, but it was not allowed to get through by the tanks for about two hours. Finally, after negotiation between the Red Cross, the Red Crescent and the Army it received permission to go to the house of the wounded man. When they found the man, he no longer had a pulse and was not breathing. He had been shot while he was on the roof of his house, where he had been sleeping and then woken up by the noise of the tanks and stood up to see what was happening. The ambulance took him to the hospital but he had already died. His name was Rami and he was 21 years old.
Source: ISM report
Maria V.