Chicago Tribune · Chicago, IL · 14 July 2005

CP-2005-023

Israelis sweep into West Bank city

Postblast raid comes as Sharon advances withdrawal plans

By Joel Greenberg, Tribune foreign correspondent

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JERUSALEM — Israeli forces swept into the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Wednesday, killing a Palestinian police officer in a gunfight and arresting five suspected members of Islamic Jihad after the militant group killed four Israelis in a suicide bombing Tuesday, the army and Palestinians said.

Pressing ahead with preparations for a withdrawal next month from the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon signed an order closing Israeli settlements there to non-residents in an effort to block entry by protesters who have vowed to resist the pullout.

The reoccupation of Tulkarem came four months after it was handed back to Palestinian security control as part of steps to bolster a truce. Moves to hand over other West Bank cities were frozen after Tuesday's bombing, Israeli officials said.

A woman and two 16-year-old girls were killed in the attack outside a shopping mall in the coastal city of Netanya, and another woman died of her wounds Wednesday. More than 30 people were wounded in the bombing, carried out by an 18-year-old Palestinian from the village of Attil near Tulkarem.

Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. 'We will not relent' "I instructed the defense establishment to step up our activity and to hit the leaders of the Islamic Jihad terror organization as much as possible," Sharon said.

How this transcription was made

Date confirmed on the page (folio-partial).

Context added by this archive

Full broadsheet page scan. Folio at top left reads '4 CHICAGO TRIBUNE SECTION 1 MW'; the dateline at top right is cut off by the right edge of the scan and reads only 'THU'.

Maria's label of 14 July 2005 (a Thursday) is consistent with the visible 'THU' and with the internal chronology (Netanya mall bombing 'Tuesday', raid 'Wednesday'), but the printed date itself is not readable in this scan. Golan is styled 'Brig. Gen.' here.

The page also carries a separate AP story, 'Kidnappers in Gaza free 2 foreign aid workers', which is a different article and is not transcribed in this record. Two photo captions on the page: 'An Israeli soldier patrols Tulkarem in an armored personnel carrier Wednesday.

The city was retaken after a suicide attack Tuesday.' (Getty Images photo by Jaafar Ashtiyeh) and 'Israeli police officers scuffle in Jerusalem Wednesday with an anti-pullout protester who pleads not to be arrested. Ariel Sharon, meanwhile, has moved to block protests in Gaza settlements.' (AP photo by Kevin Frayer).

Named dead are combatants or unnamed civilians, so named_individuals is empty.

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