Tuesday, April 02, 2002

Israeli army uses human shield in Ramallah


RAMALLAH, West Bank: The Israeli army used Palestinians as a "human shield" early Tuesday to approach a building housing the headquarters of the Palestinian security service in Ramallah, a Palestinian official said.

Israeli soldiers forced some 60 Palestinians to walk in front of tanks as they approached the building of Colonel Jibril Rajub's preventive security service building, the official told AFP.

More than 400 Palestinians were inside the building.

The Israeli army said several Palestinians wanted for carrying out attacks were among them.

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