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To: long-gone who wrote (67419)	4/9/2001 9:40:36 AM
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Pal.and Israelis swap mortar, rocket fire Monday, April 09, 2001 07:24 AM EDT GAZA, Apr 08, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Palestinians and Israeli forces traded mortar and rocket fire Sunday across the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, raising the number of mortar attacks over the weekend to at least 25, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said. Palestinian forces struck first, launching mortars at an Israeli army battalion headquarters located between the Gaza border and Kibbutz Nahal Oz. No one was injured in the raid, the IDF spokesman said. Israeli troops fired back some two hours later, launching several rockets at Palestinian police stations and Fatah movement buildings in northern and central Gaza Strip near the village of Beit Lahya, according to a Palestinian police statement. The statement accused Israel of continuing "its military aggression on the Palestinian people." It said that Israel had used a type of rocket known as "Taw," remote-controlled and capable of inflicting serious damage to their targets. Palestinian medical sources said that five people were injured as a result of the Israeli attack, while the police statement said that two other houses near the police station were damaged. "The Palestinian police are condemning this barbarian attack on the defenseless Palestinian people and believe that Israel is totally responsible for the destruction it caused," said the statement. Israeli military sources said that the shelling of Fatah movement buildings and the several police stations and posts in the Gaza Strip were in retaliation of the Palestinian attacks on Jewish settlements into the Gaza Strip. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat Sunday called on Israel to end what he called "the military and security escalation" against the Palestinian people. Arafat said that Israel and the Palestinians must work hard to resume their peace talks. Since Friday, Palestinians have shelled the Israeli border community of Netiv Haasara north of the Gaza Strip, as well as the settlements of Netsarim and Morag inside the strip. In the autonomous Palestinian West Bank town of Tul Karem, masked gunmen Sunday entered a shop belonging to the Freij family, killing Maamum Freij, 35, who the IDF spokesman described as an Israeli Arab who resided in Hadera between Tel Aviv and Haifa. Israel Radio said the attackers left a note identifying themselves as members of Asfah 77, a group believed to have ties to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah Party, claiming Freij was an informer for Israel. A spokesman for the Israeli police in the West Bank said Freij was hit by 13 to 15 bullets fired at close range. He said he was unable to confirm or deny the claim that Freij had collaborated with Israel. (Joshua Brilliant in Tel Aviv contributed to this report) By SAUD ABU RAMADAN Copyright 2001 by United Press International. News provided by COMTEX comtexnews.com