Ameen Abu Wardah & Ghassan Bannoura & Nisreen Qumsieh ghassanb at imemc dot org, IMEMC, 19/09/07. Israeli forces continued, on Wednesday, the military operation in El-Ein Beit Al Ma refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus for the second consecutive day. Israeli soldiers shot and killed a disabled Palestinian man in his home during the early hours of Wednesday morning. The man, Adeeb Al Damouny, received serious injuries to his head and neck.
Eyewitnesses reported that he was shot at 7am and died of his wounds half an hour later. Al Damouny
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is thought to be the second Palestinian killed by the Israeli army in its continuing operation against the El –Ein Beit Al Ma refugee camp. Witnesses added that the military is still bringing in reinforcements through the Beit Iba and Huwarra checkpoints. According to Israeli sources, this military offensive is intended to target a group of resistance men who were planning attacks against Israeli targets.
The military offensive started on Tuesday at dawn, after storming the camp, Israeli troops commandeered several residential buildings, using their roofs as military outposts, and moved from house-to-house by destroying the walls dividing separate homes. Eyewitnesses stated that armed clashes broke out between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israeli forces as the troops besieged several homes in the camp.
Dr. Ghassan Hamdan, Director of the Palestinian Medical Relief Services in Nablus, told IMEMC on Tuesday that one young Palestinian man was killed when, after being shot, soldiers refused to allow ambulances to enter the camp. The man subsequently bled to death. Dr. Hamdan added that Israel soldiers opened fire on and injured a member of the medical services as he transported the wounded from the area.
Witnesses to the invasion on Tuesday also told IMEMC that the military used several Palestinian youths as human shields during the operation, a practice deemed illegal under international and Israeli law. Um Ahmad spoke to IMEMC.
"The army surrounded the camp entirely, and then invaded through people's homes, either demolishing them with bulldozers or breaking in. Soldiers forced local civilians to act as human shields. While families in the camp were not allowed to open their own doors to leave their homes, the army ordered the human shields to do so."
Troops continued today to commandeer several homes, using the rooftops as military outposts, and moving from house-to-house by destroying dividing walls.
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Local sources in the camp expressed their fear that the violent attacks by the Israeli forces were a response to the death of an Israeli soldier on Tuesday. The soldier was killed during the Israeli raid on the camp on Tuesday, as Palestinian resistance fighters clashed with invading Israeli force Israeli forces.
At least seven Palestinian from several parts of El Ein Beit Al Ma refugee camp were kidnapped so far by the military, local sources confermened that the operation is till going.
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