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Israel accused of assassinating suspected bomber

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MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE
Wednesday, December 13, 2000

RAMALLAH — Israel has been accused of assassinating another suspected Islamic bomber.

Palestinian sources said Anwar Hamran was shot dead in Nablus. They said his body was riddled with bullets in what appears to have been a killing by Israel.

Hamran was regarded as a leader of the Islamic Jihad in Nablus. The group issued a communique on Monday that accused Israeli commandos of assassinating Hamdan. The communique said the 28-year-old was suspected of being involved in car-bombings in Hadera and Jerusalem. Four Israelis were killed in those attacks.

Palestinian sources said Hamran was released in October from a Palestinian Authority jail after being held for more than 30 months. They said Israeli sharpshooters shot him 19 times.

The Jihad pledged revenge. Overnight Tuesday, Palestinian gunmen fired on Jewish settlements and Israeli military installations around the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Several Israeli soldiers and Palestinians were injured. One of them was an Israeli in Jerusalem who was struck by Palestinian fire from the nearby West Bank town of Bet Jallah.

In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians stole a heavy machine-gun from an Israeli outpost.

In November, a Hamas leader in Nablus, Ibrahim Bani Odeh, was assassinated, purportedly by Israel. A 24-year-old Palestinian and a relative of Bani Odeh, was sentenced to death last week by a Palestinian Authority security court for allegedly cooperating with Israel in the assassination.

LAW, the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment has called on PA Chairman Yasser Arafat to order a new trial for Alan Bani Odeh, saying his trial was unfair.

Wednesday, December 13, 2000


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