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Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed 2 Palestinians in Rafah and Jabaliya refugee camp, on Monday. The first Ref’a'at Abu Amra (28), who was killed instantly as he came under Israeli soldiers’ fire in Alsha'ara neighborhood in Rafah, on the Palestinian-Egyptian border. The second was Adnan Mansour (17) of the Al-Zawayda village, who was shot dead by IOF at the entrance of the northern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalyia (IPC, 7/5/04).


.A Palestinian woman crying for her son, Adnan Mansour (20), who was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in Jabaliya. Another Palestinian was killed by Israeli soldiers while he was on his way to work in occupied Jerusalem (IPC, 7/5/04).


The son of Ref’a'at Abu Amra (28) crying for the death of his father, who was killed instantly as he came under Israeli soldiers’ fire in Alsha'ara neighborhood in Rafah. (IPC, 7/5/04).


A U.S. Marine escorts a busload of former Iraqi prisoners as they arrive in Ramadi on July 5, 2004. Despite the transfer of "sovereignty", US occupation forces still hold thousands of Iraqi prisoners. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters, 7/5/04).


Iraqis demonstrating in Mosul in protest against the trial of the captured Iraqi President Saddam Hussain (Assafir, 7/5/04).


An Iraqi looking at the burning oil pipe which was attacked by Iraqi guerrillas southwest of Baghdad yesterday (Annhar, 7/5/04).


An Iraqi firefighter trying to extinguish fire of a burning a US fuel tank, which was attacked by Iraqi guerrillas west of Baghdad yesterday (Assafir, 7/5/04).


Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, meeting with the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Kamenei, in Tehran yesterday. The two countries called for the rapid withdrawal of the occupation forces from Iraq (Assafir, 7/5/04).


African Union Commissioner, Alfa Omar Kunari (right) and Kofi Annan in Addis Ababa for the AU summit.(Annahar, 7/5/04).


India test-fired a short-range missile that can carry a nuclear head yesterday. This photo of the missile was taken on January 26, 2003 during a military parade (Annahar, 7/5/04).


Some European and American resident of Saudi Arabia started training on using weapons in preparation for bearing arms to defend themselves if they are attacked. (Annahar, 7/5/04).


Greek national team players carrying the European Football Cup after defeating the Portuguese team in Lisbon yesterday (Assafir, 7/5/04).


Ameirah, the daughter of the Palestinian member of parliament, Hassan Khader, llifting his picture during a rally demanding release of Palestinian prisoners, in Nablus yesterday (Alquds, 7/6/04).


Smoke rises after Israeli occupation troops blew up an apartment building in the West Bank city of Nablus July 6, 2004 which was the scene of an Israeli occupation terrorist raid to kill Palestinian activist in a refugee camp. An Israeli special forces officer was killed in the unprovoked raid in which two Palestinian activists, a college professor and his 15-year-old son were killed for no reason other than being neighbors to an activist. (Photo by Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters, 7/6/04).


A 14-year-old Palestinian teen, Hamada Zu’rob, was shot and killed during the trigger-happy shootings of the Israeli occupatiojn soldiers that took place towards Batten Al Sameen area, southwest of Khan Younis in Gaza Strip resulting in the killing of Zu'rob and wounding several others (IPC, 7/6/04).


An Iraqi man searches through the rubble of a house following a U.S. air strike in the town of Falluja, 33 miles west of Baghdad, July 6, 2004. Iraq's interim prime minister said Iraqi intelligence work led to a 'precision' U.S. air strike on a suspected militant target in the city of Falluja, where the death toll rose to 13. City residents said the victims were Iraqi men, women, and children. (Photo by Akram Saleh/Reuters, 7/6/04).


Iraqi men standing on the rubble of a house following a U.S. air strike in the town of Falluja, 33 miles west of Baghdad, July 6, 2004. Iraq's interim prime minister said Iraqi intelligence work led to a 'precision' U.S. air strike on a suspected militant target in the city of Falluja, where the death toll rose to 13. City residents said the victims were Iraqi men, women, and children. (Annahar, 7/6/04).


Presumed Democratic Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry (D-MA) applauds during a rally in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 6, 2004. Kerry announced that Senator John Edwards (D-NC) will be his vice-presidential running mate. (REUTERS/Jason Cohn, 7/6/04).


Turkish Prime Minister and his wife were received by King Abdullah and Queen Raniya, during a private visit to Jordan yesterday. (Al-Ra'i, 7/6/04).


Iraqis demonstrating in Mosul in protest against the trial of the captured Iraqi President Saddam Hussain (Assafir, 7/5/04).


A Kurdish store owner distributing pastries to people in a Halabcha street yesterday, as an expression of happiness for the Saddam trial. (Assafir, 7/6/04).


Indonesian Presidential candidate, Generl Yudhoyono, in a press conference yesterday after initial results predicted his winning..(Annahar, 7/6/04).


The trial of the previous Yugoslav President, Melosovic, is in review because of his deteriorating health condition. (Annahar, 7/6/04).


Austrian President, Thomas Kleistle, in critical condition after a severe heart attack. (Annahar, 7/6/04).


Mother of Essam Mahmeed (28), crying after hearing that an Israeli Occupation Death Squad, operating as an underground commando force, killed her son today in Balata refugee camp, Nablus. They executed him near Abad Al Rhaman Mosque inside the camp. The Israelis also killed a 26- year- old citizen, Waél Said Araysha, from Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus (IPC, 7/7/04).


Wife of the Palestinian-American college professor, Khaled Salah, crying while holding his head after he had been executed with his son by an Israeli death squad in Nablus yesterday for no other reason than being a neighbor of two Palestinian activists who were also executed yesterday.Read more about the Massive Israeli Occupation Terrorist Raid on Nablus Leaving Four Palestinian Citizens Killed, Including Palestinian-American College Professor Salah and his Son (Alittihad, 7/7/04).


Massive Israeli Occupation Terrorist Raid on Nablus Leaves Four Palestinian Citizens Killed, Including College Professor Salah and his Son. An Israeli commando officer was killed and three were injured were killed during the fire exchange. Then, the whole building was blown up by the Israeli death squad (Assafri, 7/7/04).


US forces in the scene of the suicide bomb in Al-Khalis, which killed 14 Iraqis yesterday (Assafir, 7/7/04).


Falluja residents trying to find survivors under the rubble of a house bombed in a US air raid, in which 15 people were killed, 7 were injured, on Monday. Residents said that the victims were Iraqi civilians, US forces said they were Mujahideen, foreign fighters (Assafir, 7/7/04).


A Time-Reuters vidio pictures showing a US tank attacked in Iraq. (Annahar, 7/7/04).


U.S. Army soldiers during clashes between U.S. forces and Iraqi resistance in central Baghdad, July 7, 2004. (Photo by Akram Saleh/Reuters, 7/7/04).


Former Iraqi prisoners sit on a bus after being released from Abu Ghriab prison west of Baghdad July 5, 2004. Only 90 of the more than 5,700 people in custody in Iraq as security risks are foreign fighters, defense officials said on July 6, a figure that suggests the Bush administration may have overstated the role of outside militants in the resistance. Only 2 Percent of Detainees in Iraq Are Non-Iraqis, Contrary to Bush Administration Claims (Photo by Ali Jasim/Reuters, 7/7/04).


Presumed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) (R) embraces Sen. John Edwards (D-North Carolina) during a photo op at the family farm of Teresa Heinz Kerry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 7, 2004. Kerry announced that Edwards will be his vice presidential running mate at a rally on July 6. (Photo by Jason Cohn/Reuters , 7/7/04).


UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, talking to the Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, after the opening session of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa yesterday..(Annahar, 7/7/04).


German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, visiting recovering Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, yesterday (Annahar, 7/7/04).


Srinagar, Kashmir: A civilian being treated at the SMHS hospital in Indian Kashmir. Four persons were killed and 27 including several college girls were injured in an IED blast at Dalgate near TRC. (Photo by Altaf Zarga, 7/7/04).	An old man looks at the damaged auto while a security personnel stands near the TRC. Four persons were killed and 27 including several college girls were injured in an IED blast at Dalgate near TRC in Indian Kashmir (Photo by Altaf Zarga, 7/7/04).	Archimandrite Atallah Hanna, the official spokesman for the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, warned yesterday that the continuous construction of the Israeli Apartheid Wall around and through the Palestinian territories would seriously affect Christian holy sites in Jerusalem. (IPC, 7/6/04).	Dr. Yousef Ibrahim asserted that the issue of Israeli settlements reflected an important and sensitive perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (IPC, 7/6/04).


Nearly 70 cancer cases and the sterile rate soared to 62% among males and females in the villages south of Hebron was mainly caused by the nuclear waste buried by Israel in Hebron's mountains. (IPC, 7/6/04)	Nearly 70 cancer cases and the sterile rate soared to 62% among males and females in the villages south of Hebron was mainly caused by the nuclear waste buried by Israel in Hebron's mountains. (IPC, 7/6/04)	El-Baradei in Israeli: Dimona Buried Nuclear Waste Spreads Cancer and Sterility in Southern Hebron and Negev (IPC, 7/6/04).	El-Baradei in Israeli: Dimona Buried Nuclear Waste Spreads Cancer and Sterility in Southern Hebron and Negev (IPC, 7/6/04).

A 14-year-old Palestinian teen, Hamada Zu’rob, was shot and killed during the trigger-happy shootings of the Israeli occupatiojn soldiers that took place towards Batten Al Sameen area, southwest of Khan Younis in Gaza Strip resulting in the killing of Zu'rob and wounding several others (IPC, 7/6/04).

A Palestinian boy from Jenin standing on his bicycle telling Israeli occupation soldiers in their tank that he is not afraid of them. (Annahar, 7/6/04).

An Israeli occupation soldier shooting at Palestinians from his tank in Nablus yesterday. (IPC, 7/5/04).

The Palestinian cabinet decried yesterday the Israeli assault on Palestinian prisoners of the Kfar Saba jail. Three Palestinian prisoners were exposed to severe burnings after an Israeli criminal with intent showered them with boiling cooking. (IPC, 7/5/04).


Israeli war planes fired missiles on three metal workshops in Gaza Strip yesterday, in Al-Zaytoon, Jabaliya, and Al-Nussairat. The objective is to destroy the Palestinian economy completely before the Israeli evacuation of squatterments. The pretext is preventing more Palestinian manufacturing of rockets. (IPC, 7/5/04).	One Israeli occupation soldier opening a Palestinian door with a hammer, another ready to shoot during a raid on Khan Younis yesterday (IPC, 7/5/04).	Israeli occupation soldiers guarding Israeli bulldozers preparing the ground for building the Israeli Land-Grab Wall inside the Palestinian occupied territories, in the village of Al-Sawahira, near Jerusalem (Assafir, 7/5/04).

A Palestinian carrying another who was seriously wounded, when the IOF opened heavy fire at the citizens' homes in the town of Bait Hanoon. North Gaza Strip. Medical resources reported. (IPC, 7/5/04).

A Palestinian citizen, Thaér Helmi Mohammed Ramadan (35), was shot and killed by the Israeli occupying forces firings in the West Bank City of Nablus. Above his family crying after hearing the news about his killing. (IPC, 7/5/04).

An Israeli occupation soldier shooting at Palestinians from his tank in Nablus yesterday. (IPC, 7/5/04).

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