WEST BANK: RAMALLAH: PALESTINIANS KILL 2 ISRAELI SOLDIERS
(12 Oct 2000) Natural Sound
A Palestinian mob killed two Israeli soldiers and dumped their bloodied bodies in the street after the pair were captured with two other servicemen Thursday in the explosive West Bank town of Ramallah.
The deaths dramatically heightened tensions and left little hope Israel and the Palestinians could negotiate a truce and bring an end to two weeks of bloodshed that have left at least 94 people dead, the vast majority of them Palestinian.
There were conflicting reports on whether the four reserve soldiers were in uniform or civilian dress.
The Israeli army said the four were reserve soldiers who made a wrong turn and inadvertently ended up near the center of Ramallah, a flashpoint for recent violence.
The four were detained by Palestinian police and immediately rushed to a nearby police
station.
APTN has exclusive footage of events as a crowd of more than 1,000 Palestinians surged toward the police station, some chanting \"Death to the death squads.\"
Palestinian forces tried to keep the mob at bay, but about 10 men broke through a second-floor window where the Israelis were held.
Witnesses said several minutes later, the attackers emerged from the station with blood-covered hands, and the bodies of two of the soldiers were thrown down from the second floor.
From the window, young Palestinians shook their fists and flashed gleeful \"V for
victory\" signs.
Witnesses said the mob surrounded one corpse and shouted angrily.
Both bodies were soaked in blood and appeared to have been shot in the face, the witnesses said.
There were conflicting reports about whether one, perhaps two additional soldiers were seized by Palestinians. Israel T-V's Channel Two, citing Palestinian sources, said the Israelis were undercover troops driving a Palestinian ambulance.
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A Palestinian mob killed two Israeli soldiers and dumped their bloodied bodies in the street after the pair were captured with two other servicemen Thursday in the explosive West Bank town of Ramallah.
The deaths dramatically heightened tensions and left little hope Israel and the Palestinians could negotiate a truce and bring an end to two weeks of bloodshed that have left at least 94 people dead, the vast majority of them Palestinian.
There were conflicting reports on whether the four reserve soldiers were in uniform or civilian dress.
The Israeli army said the four were reserve soldiers who made a wrong turn and inadvertently ended up near the center of Ramallah, a flashpoint for recent violence.
The four were detained by Palestinian police and immediately rushed to a nearby police
station.
APTN has exclusive footage of events as a crowd of more than 1,000 Palestinians surged toward the police station, some chanting \"Death to the death squads.\"
Palestinian forces tried to keep the mob at bay, but about 10 men broke through a second-floor window where the Israelis were held.
Witnesses said several minutes later, the attackers emerged from the station with blood-covered hands, and the bodies of two of the soldiers were thrown down from the second floor.
From the window, young Palestinians shook their fists and flashed gleeful \"V for
victory\" signs.
Witnesses said the mob surrounded one corpse and shouted angrily.
Both bodies were soaked in blood and appeared to have been shot in the face, the witnesses said.
There were conflicting reports about whether one, perhaps two additional soldiers were seized by Palestinians. Israel T-V's Channel Two, citing Palestinian sources, said the Israelis were undercover troops driving a Palestinian ambulance.
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