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Saturday, February 01, 2003 Shvat 29, 5763Israel Time:  23:46  (GMT+2)
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Three ultra-Orthodox men stabbed in Old City of
Jerusalem
By Jonathan Lis, Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz Service
Hundreds attending the funeral procession Friday for two Palestinians killed during an exchange of fire with IDF troops in Jenin.
(Photo: AP)

Three ultra-Orthodox men were in light-to-moderate condition after being stabbed Saturday evening in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem by two Palestinians.

According to initial investigation reports, the three were arguing with the Palestinians, who then drew out knives and stabbed the three Jews. The Palestinians escaped from the area. Police said the motive for the stabbing was probably nationalistic.

IDF kills armed Palestinian near Rafah
IDF troops killed an armed Palestinian overnight Saturday near Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported. The man was carrying a Kalashnikov rifle and several magazines.

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) identified the dead man as Tamer Khoder, 19, a member of the group's military wing.

The group claimed that Khoder opened fire, killing and injuring several
Israeli soldiers, but the IDF said the gunman never fired.

In another development Saturday, IDF bulldozers demolished four homes in Rafah, Palestinian witnesses said.

Ta'ayush activists say settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in West Bank
In the south of Mount Hebron, near the West Bank village of Yatta, IDF soldiers prevent Palestinians from plowing their land, Army Radio quoted activists from Ta'ayush, an Arab-Jewish organization, as saying Saturday.

The IDF said that the farmers got too near the settlement of Susya, in violation of the authorization they were given by the army. Ta'ayush activists, who were helping the farmers, said that settlers from Susya beat the Palestinians and damaged their property, and that IDF troops did nothing to prevent the violence, and even confiscated the Palestinians' farming equipment.

Last month settlers also attacked Ta'ayush activists who were helping Palestinians plow their land with stones and live bullets.

Palestinians: Woman wounded by IDF while driving through Hebron
Palestinian sources reported Thursday that a Palestinian woman was wounded by IDF fire while driving in her car in the West Bank town of Hebron. The army said that soldiers opened fire on the vehicle as it had broken the curfew.

IDF operations that began Thursday continue in Hebron. Many of the streets are blocked by earth mounds and the town remain under curfew. Israeli troops also destroyed many stalls in the town's market and two houses belonging to the families of terrorists.

Palestinians: Seven children hurt by IDF shelling in Gaza Strip
IDF tanks entered a Palestinian field in Beit Hanoun, in the Gaza Strip, fired shells and injured seven Palestinian children, Palestinian witnesses said Friday.

The IDF said that soldiers in the area intercepted Kassam launchers ready for operation, fired at them and wounded one of the operators.

A day earlier three terrorists were killed by IDF soldiers as they were attempting to fire Kassam rockets near Beit Hanoun.

IDF troops arrested Thursday near the West Bank city of Tul Karm a would-be suicide bomber.

Also Thursday, wanted Hamas militant Iyad Mussa, 21, and an employee of the Palestinian fire department, Hassan Ahmed, 52, were killed during an exchange of fire with IDF soldiers in the West Bank city of Jenin.

Troops from the Egoz unit surrounded the fire department, situated in the eastern section of the city, and called on Mussa and fire-fighters to come out with their arms in the air and give themselves up. Fire-fighters began exiting the building, followed by Mussa, who came out armed and began shooting in all directions.

Soldiers returned fire, killing Mussa. A fire-fighter was killed, and it is not yet clear if he was killed by shots fired by IDF troops or by Mussa.

The two were buried in the city Friday, at a funeral attended by hundreds of Palestinians.

Wide-spread IDF operations continued Friday in Hebron, after 13 Palestinians were arrested in the West Bank overnight Friday. The entrance to the city was blocked with sand mounds and a curfew has been imposed in the West Bank city. Troops demolished two homes of terrorists: one belonging to a Tanzim activist who murdered baby Shalhevet Pas, and a the other belonging to a Hamas activist who planned a suicide bomb.

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