Israel's Rolling Raids on Palestinian Cities Continue as More Israelis & Palestinians Die in On-going Intifadha Confrontations

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HIGHLIGHTS: An Israeli Killed, Another Stabbed & Eleven Others Wounded||Four Palestinians Killed, Several Others Wounded & More Arrested||Ramallah (Arafat's HQ Included) Under Siege & Curfew for the Second Day Running||PFLP Second-in-Command Arrested|| STORY: A Palestinian bomber blew himself up in a restaurant just north of Tel Aviv on Tuesday, killing one Israeli and wounding eight others. Four Palestinians died in other violence.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The Palestinian leadership denounced the attack because "it gives Israel a reason to attack the Palestinian people."

Meanwhile, three Israeli settlers were wounded, one seriously, when a bomb exploded near Hebron, Al-Khalil. No one claimed responsibility, but Palestinians have carried out dozens of attacks in the area.

In Jerusalem, a Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli policeman at Herod's Gate, an entrance to the Old City. The attacker escaped, police said.

PALESTINIAN CITIES RAIDED AROUND THE CLOCK

Later Tuesday, a 9-year-old Palestinian boy was killed and another 13-year-old boy was injured when Israeli soldiers shot at them near the Jewish settlement of Netzarim in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security and hospital officials said.

Nearly every night, Israeli forces enter Palestinian areas and make arrests.

Israeli occupation forces briefly entered the West Bank towns of Tulkarem and Bethlehem on Tuesday, looking for suspects.

Two Palestinians also were killed in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. One was shot by Israeli occupation soldiers after he allegedly opened fire on a civilian vehicle.

Occupation soldiers also found the body of a Palestinian near the fence between Gaza and Israel. He was killed by a bomb that detonated while he was planting it, the occupation army claimed.

RAMALLAH UNDER SIEGE FOR SECOND DAY RUNNING

In Ramallah, Israeli tanks encircled Arafat's battered headquarters. Israeli commanders said their forces did not enter the compound, where three buildings were reduced to rubble last week when Israel retaliated for a suicide bombing that killed 17 Israelis.

Arafat was inside and unharmed, Palestinian officials said, as occupation soldiers built barricades from rubble and dirt on the roads outside.

Soldiers blew or ripped the doors off several shops, including one that sells lingerie, during searches. It was not known what they found in the lingerie shop.

The town, which serves as the administrative center of the West Bank, was under curfew, confining Palestinians to their homes. The military declared Ramallah off limits to reporters.

PFLP SECOND-IN-COMMAND ARRESTED

Palestinian officials also said Israeli troops detained Abdel Rahim Maluh, the second-in-command of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the radical PLO group that claimed responsibility for assassinating an Israeli Cabinet minister in October.

The Israeli occupation army said its soldiers arrested 30 Palestinians in Ramallah and found an explosives lab run by Force 17, an elite Palestinian police unit.

PHOTO CAPTION

A Palestinian bomber blew himself up in a restaurant in a town just north of Tel Aviv, wounding nine bystanders Tuesday, June 11, 2002, one of a series of violent incidents that killed four Palestinians and wounded four other Israelis. (AP Graphic

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