“No one should violate hospitals, but Israel did”, Shawar said. Osama Najjar, the spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry, called the incident an “assassination”, saying he believed Israel meant to kill Abdallah Shalalbeh.
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A medic shows a bullethole surrounded by bloodstains from a Palestinian man who was killed by Israeli undercover forces during a raid at Al-Ahly hospital in Hebron yesterday.
The Red Cross warned that medical personnel need to be able to operate in a safe environment, and be free from military intimidation.
Four senior lawmakers in the US Senate and the House of Representatives urged the Obama administration to oppose the labeling, calling on United States trade negotiators to refer to a U.S. law passed earlier this year that discourages boycotts of products made in Israel, including those made in settlements.
Two Israeli men were killed and a 16-year-old was moderately injured. Shalalda’s brother Bilal, who was asleep within the room, stated he was tied to the mattress by Israeli forces.
The current round of bloodshed was triggered by unrest at a major Jerusalem shrine revered by both Muslims and Jews, and quickly spread to Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza border.
The demolitions came hours after two Israelis were shot dead in an apparent ambush near the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron on Friday in the most serious attack on Israelis in almost a month.
Israel’s Supreme Court said yesterday it would not intervene to prevent the demolition of five houses belonging to Palestinians accused or suspected of involvement in three recent deadly attacks on Israelis.
In other West Bank violence, a Palestinian was shot to death in a clash between protesters and Israeli security forces. The operations are meant to take place quickly, and Israeli troops are typically stationed nearby to provide backup.
Following the killing of Abdullah, the Israeli force arrested Azzam who was recovering at the hospital. Wheeling in one of their comrade disguised as a pregnant woman, they betrayed the doctors’ and nurses’ trust.
According to statement published by al-Haq, a Ramallah-based human rights organisation, Israeli forces have employed a “policy of disproportionate indiscriminate and excessive use of force against Palestinians, including paramedics and health facilities”.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri told the AP that Mohtasseb tried to get up and still could have posed a danger to troops. They were killed in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank. Welder Bassem Zaitoun said his customers fear driving to his shop, which is within sight of an Israeli military installation.
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“They are firing a lot of live ammunition”, Mohannad Darabee, a photographer at the clashes, said by telephone, adding that at least 25 demonstrators were shot by live ammunition or rubber-coated steel bullets.
