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Failed Assassination
Attempts
This
report does not detail a number of failed assassination attempts, which
should nevertheless be mentioned:
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On 13 April 2001, a bomb was
discovered by the Palestinian Preventive Security in a car that was due to
be driven by Naser Abu-Hmeid (36) from Am’ari camp near Ramallah, a
well-known Fatah activist in the area.
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On 16 April 2001, Abdel-Hadi
Abdel-Muttaleh al-Natshleh (32) from Ras el-Jora neighborhood in
Hebron, barely escaped an assassination attempt as some 25 shots were
directed at his car from the roof of a neighboring building. Al-Natsleh
was a suspected member of Hamas, held by Israel under administrative
detention for 6 months.
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On 4 August 2001, an Israeli military
helicopter fired two missiles in Ramallah at a convoy carrying Marwan
Barghouti, Secretary General of Fatah in the West Bank, and
Muhannad Abu el-Halaweh, another Fatah activist. An Israeli
spokesperson later denied that Barghouti had been the target of the
attack.
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On 22 August 2001, a similar attack
was carried out in Gaza against a convoy carrying Adnan al-Ghoul, a
well-known Hamas figure, and (allegedly) Mohammed Deif, a key Hamas
leader. Al-Ghoul’s 19-year-old son Bilal was killed in the attack.
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On 23 August 2001, two
surface-to-surface missiles were fired at the car of Jihad al-Massimi,
46, deputy police chief of Nablus and a local Fatah leader. Al-Massimi
escaped with shrapnel wounds in his leg. Two passengers in the car and two
bystanders were also wounded.
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On 6 September 2001 around noon,
three missiles were fired from an Israeli Apache helicopter at the car of
Raed al-Karmi,
26, allegedly the head of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (linked to the
Fatah movement) in Tulkarem. Two Fatah members, both residents of al-Shams
refugee camp in Tulkarem, were killed in the attack: Omar Subuh,
22, and Mustafa Anbus, 19. Karmi and another activist escaped with
moderate injuries, and three bystanders were also injured in the attack.
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On 10 December 2001 two missiles were
fired from an Israeli Apache helicopter at a car carrying Mohammed
Ayoub Mohammed Sidr, 23, allegedly the head of the Islamic Jihad
student group at the Polytechnic Institute in Hebron. The first missile
struck the ground nearby, instantly killing Shadi Arafa (13).
Moments later the second missile missed its target, striking the car of
Mohammed al-Himoni and killing his son, Burhan (3). Sidr was
wounded in the attack, along with Yusuf Abu Khalaf (11) and Yusuf Ziad Amr
(10).
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