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Saturday, October 28, 2000
4 die, 150 injured in Middle East violence
Associated Press
JERUSALEM - Palestinians poured out of mosques after midday prayers Friday and clashed with Israeli troops in violence that left four Palestinians dead, more than 150 injured and clouds of smoke and tear gas over cities across the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Islamic militants, chanting "We want a big bomb!" also warned at mass rallies that they would unleash more suicide bombers on Israel.
Friday's heightened unrest, which followed several days of comparatively low levels of violence, could affect efforts by President Clinton to revive peace talks. Clinton has offered to play host to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at separate talks in Washington.
Israel, which has suspended peace negotiations, insists that restoring calm is a prerequisite for new talks. But Palestinian street activists, and some Palestinian leaders, have called for sustained street confrontations as the best way to put pressure on Israel.
Palestinians have declared Fridays, the Muslim holy day, a "Day of Rage" since fighting erupted a month ago.
Responding to the call on this particular Friday, thousands of rock-throwers - and a few gunmen - took part in confrontations across the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
At a traffic circle north of the West Bank town of Ramallah, smoke from a burning car filled the air as Israeli soldiers fired from behind a line of jeeps. Palestinian gunmen at one point fired on Israeli soldiers, who shot and killed a 27-year-old Palestinian.
Three more Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, were killed in three separate clashes, two in the West Bank and one at the Erez crossing between Israel and Gaza.
In all, 152 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers were injured, according to Palestinian doctors and the Israeli military. Thirty days of fighting has left 133 dead, all but a few of them Palestinians.
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