Scenes From the Palestinian Liberation XII

Scenes From the Palestinian Liberation XII

Oy, not again:

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Field Update
27 March 2006

[A]t approximately 15:40, a number of militants from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, fired at Yasser Ahmed Yassin, 40, and Ibrahim Ahmed Saber Yassin, 27, at the northern entrance of Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus. The two brothers, from Northern ‘Assira village to the north of Nablus, were injured by several live bullets to the legs. The militants left the two brothers bleeding at the location of the attack and placed a leaflet near them, accusing them of collaboration with IOF. The two brothers were later evacuated to Rafidya Hospital in Nablus.

And

Field Update
27 March 2006

On Sunday evening, 26 March 2006, militants from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the Fatah movement, opened fire at the offices of the Public Transportation Bureau in Nablus and forced the offices to close.

According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 17:00 on Sunday, 26 March 2006, militants from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades opened fire at the offices of the Public Transportation Bureau, which are located in the Palestinian governmental compound in Amman Street, in the east of Nablus. They also detonated sound bombs in the area and forced the offices to close. The militants accused the Public Transportation Bureau of not delivering monthly payments to families of Palestinians killed by Israeli Occupation Forces and also of not issuing taxi registration plates to these families.

Anyone trying to hail a cab in midtown in the rain at rush hour can sympathize.

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