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A top Palestinian fugitive and two other Palestinians were killed Sunday evening in a gun battle with an elite Israel Police anti-terror unit (Yamam) near Beituniya north of Jerusalem. One of the policemen was lightly wounded in the battle and taken to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Police had entered Beituniya, which is south of Ramallah, to arrest Mohammed Ghassan Sheikh, a member of the Fatah armed wing, the Al Aksa Martyrs' Brigades (AKA the Yasser Arafat Martyrs' Brigades), who had been hiding out in Yasser Arafat's Mukata headquarters in Ramallah over a long period. Ghassan was killed just hours after...

At least 30 Palestinian fugitives, many with Israeli blood on their hands from planning suicide and shooting attacks, have returned to Ramallah and found refuge inside Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Mukata headquarters compound, Israel Radio reported and security sources have confirmed. One of the most senior among them is believed to be Kamel Ghanem, the local commander of the Aksa Brigades, who is believed to have masterminded a number of suicide bombings, personally participated in shootings in the Binyamin district, and coordinated among several West Bank terrorist cells. Last August, Arafat expelled 12 fugitives from his headquarters in an...

Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is expected to undergo surgery in his office to remove gallstones, PA officials said on Tuesday. They added that doctors who examined Arafat lately determined that he would require surgery "some time in the near future." One official was quoted by Reuters as saying that Arafat has recovered from a severe stomach infection, but Egyptian doctors by chance found, during an examination last month, that he has gallstones which have to be removed at some point. He said the condition is not life-threatening, and Arafat will be treated at his office. An unnamed Arab diplomat...

Arafat Concerned Over Possible IDF Operation 21:45 Oct 04, '03 / 8 Tishrei 5764(IsraelNN.com) Arafat and his security personnel are concerned that following the latest terror attack; the IDF may receive a green light for an operation targeting the PA leader in the Mukata, possibly abducting him for expulsion from Israel.

(IsraelNN.com) PA sources reported earlier this evening that Yasser Arafat’s security personnel are making unspecified preparations in expectation of an Israeli offensive tonight against Arafat.

(IsraelNN.com) A resident of Jerusalem’s N’vei Yaakov neighborhood described as “unbalanced” was arrested after she entered PA-controlled Ramallah. The female to the Kalandia Checkpoint, leaving her vehicle, and making her way to Yasser Arafat’s headquarters by foot. When asked why she wanted to make her way to the Mukata, she stated, “I want to circumcise Yasser Arafat”. She was taken into custody and will face criminal charges for violating the IDF ban on entering PA autonomous areas.

The stalemate over the siege of the Muqata, the Ramallah headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, remained yesterday as the Palestinians stuck to their refusal to provide Israel with a list of the estimated 200 people inside the last remaining building in the Palestinian Authority compound demolished by IDF bulldozers and tanks over the weekend. Meanwhile, Pope John Paul called for an end to the violence and the siege and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who holds the European Union's rotating presidency, urged Yasser Arafat to do all he can to rein in suicide bomb attacks against Israel and...