Arafat Criticizes Deadly Israeli Raid

World | August 9, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Arafat Criticizes Deadly Israeli Raid Palestinian militant shoots in the air, during a funeral procession for militants killed a day earlier in an Israeli army raid, in the West Bank town of Nablus. Later in the day Palestinian leader Arafat criticized the Israeli raid. Photo by AP

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat reacted angrily Saturday to an Israeli raid in the West Bank that killed three Palestinians, saying the violence threatens the peace process. Two of those killed in Friday's raid on a bomb lab by Israeli troops were members of the Islamic militant group Hamas. An Israeli soldier also was killed. The firefight marred a period of relative calm since Palestinian militants declared a unilateral cease-fire June 29. "Israel is not only violating the truce - it is also destroying the whole peace process," Arafat said Saturday from his headquarters in the West Bank.

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