lip1978
Aug 9th, 2005, 10:19 AM
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2005/92-2005.htm
According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 12:15 on Monday, 8 August 2005, a number of masked gunmen, who were traveling in a civilian car, chased an UNRWA jeep, in which two UNRWA international staff members and a driver were traveling in Khan Yunis. The gunmen fired a number of live bullets at the tires of the jeep and forced the driver to stop. They then kidnapped the UNRWA staff members, taking them and their jeep towards the al-Sikka area in Khan Yunis. Immediately, Palestinian security services chased the kidnappers. An exchange of gunfire erupted between the two sides, but the kidnappers were able to escape towards a house in the area, where they held the three kidnapped UNRWA staff members. Following intervention by some public figures in the town, the hostages were released. The kidnappers were able to escape, however.
As a result of the exchange of fire between the kidnappers and Palestinian security services, two civilian bystanders were wounded:
1. Jamal Hisham Barbakh, 28, wounded by a live bullet to the right knee; and
2. Basheer 'Awad al-Masri, 45, wounded by a live bullet to the left thigh.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 12:15 on Monday, 8 August 2005, a number of masked gunmen, who were traveling in a civilian car, chased an UNRWA jeep, in which two UNRWA international staff members and a driver were traveling in Khan Yunis. The gunmen fired a number of live bullets at the tires of the jeep and forced the driver to stop. They then kidnapped the UNRWA staff members, taking them and their jeep towards the al-Sikka area in Khan Yunis. Immediately, Palestinian security services chased the kidnappers. An exchange of gunfire erupted between the two sides, but the kidnappers were able to escape towards a house in the area, where they held the three kidnapped UNRWA staff members. Following intervention by some public figures in the town, the hostages were released. The kidnappers were able to escape, however.
As a result of the exchange of fire between the kidnappers and Palestinian security services, two civilian bystanders were wounded:
1. Jamal Hisham Barbakh, 28, wounded by a live bullet to the right knee; and
2. Basheer 'Awad al-Masri, 45, wounded by a live bullet to the left thigh.