Israel accused of assassinating suspected bomber
Special to World Tribune.com
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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