RAMALLAH,
March 31 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – Israel has conducted
wide range military and abduction operations in Ramallah Sunday,
March 31, news agencies reported.
Qatari
based Al Jazeera satellite channel quoted Palestinian sources that
Israel has a list of Palestinian officials and activists which they
are planning to liquidate.
Israeli
forces have enforced a closure of Bethlehem and all stores were shut
down, completely isolating the city.
Earlier
the station reported that European peace activists have entered the
city of Beit Sahoor and tried to defy the Israeli tanks, which
entered Bethlehem.
The
Palestinian Chamber of Commerce was burnt down and the Palestinian
Statistic Center was also attacked.
Israeli
forces have planted landmines around the city of Ramallah and U.S.
made Apache helicopters hovered over the city. Israeli forces have
shot dead nine unarmed Palestinians in a sports club in Ramallah.
The
Israeli forces have also prevented ambulances from tending to the
injured news agencies reported. Earlier Sunday, the Red Crescent
Society tried to contact Israeli officials to allow them to take the
injured security officials that have been fending off the Israeli
soldiers from entering Arafat’s office and were not allowed to do
that.
Meanwhile,
three Israeli tanks entered the Ramallah hospital which triggered a
sit-in outside the hospital by the doctors and nurses that prevented
the tanks from entering the hospital. Hospital officials have
refused the request of Israeli soldiers to enter the hospital,
search it and compile a list of all those injured.
According
to medical sources there is a serious shortage in medication, blood
and oxygen in most hospitals.
In
Bethlehem, Christians celebrating Easter were not allowed to go to
their churches as Israeli soldiers told them that “Palestinians
are not allowed to pray”, reported Al Jazeera.
The
Ramallah Municipality was attacked and Ayoub Riyah, the head of the
municipality, said that Israeli tanks surrounded it. “If the
situation in Ramallah continues the way it is, then there will soon
be a severe shortage of medicines, and baby milk in the city,”
said Riyah.
There
is also an American activist march that plans to head to Palestinian
President Yasser Arafat’s headquarters.
Several
buildings surrounding Arafat were attacked and food and drink
supplies have run out at his compound.
