September 2001
07.09.2001 - An Israeli helicopter fired two
missiles at a Palestinian car
in Tulkarm, killing two Fatah activists and injuring two others. Three
more
bystanders were slightly injured in the missile attack, in another
targeted
killing by Israel of Palestinian activists.
13.09.2001 - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat donated blood for the
victims of the terror attacks in New York and Washington. "God bless
them,"
Arafat said as medical staff prepared to draw his blood in Gaza Shifa
hospital. Palestinian officials said his donation would be the start of
a
blood drive for the casualties of the 11'th of September attacks.
16.09.2001 - Israeli tanks rumbled into Palestinian towns in the West
Bank
for the second straight day. The Israeli incursion into Jericho and
Jenin
ignited gun battles that left three Palestinian militants dead and 21
wounded. A fourth Palestinian militant died from injuries sustained in
a
raid overnight Wednesday in Jenin and two nearby villages. Palestinian
leaders accused Israel of stepping up incursions into their territory
as the
world turned its eyes toward the horrendous aftermath of the U.S.
terror
attacks.
27.09.2001 - Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian
President
Yasser Arafat agreed on Wednesday to make a new bid to forge a lasting
truce
that could boost U.S. efforts to create a global anti-terror coalition.
Meeting under U.S. pressure, the leaders reiterated their commitment to
a
truce-to-talks plan that allows for measures including the lifting of
blockades imposed on Palestinian areas. Peres and Arafat also agreed at
the
talks at Gaza airport to hold a second meeting "within a week or so" to
turn
a shaky truce into a lasting cease-fire. Even as they met, Israeli
soldiers
shot dead a Palestinian teen-ager in the Gaza Strip.
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