Reactions and military response
The brutality of the killings shocked the Israeli public,
[6] intensifying Israeli distrust of Palestinian Authority Chairman
Yasser Arafat. Notably, the event also deeply damaged the Israeli left-wing's faith in the
peace process.
Amoz Oz, the Israeli author and "authoritative voice of Israel's peace camp," stated, "Without any doubt, I blame the Palestinian leadership. They clearly did not want to sign an agreement at Camp David. Maybe Arafat prefers to be
Che Guevara than
Fidel Castro. If he becomes the president of Palestine, he'll be the leader of a rough, Third World country and have to deal with sewage in Hebron, drugs in Gaza, and the corruption in his own government."
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In response, the Israeli military launched a series of retaliatory strikes against Palestinian Authority targets in the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip. Israeli forces sealed off Palestinian cities as troops, tanks, armored vehicles massed. Israeli helicopters fired rockets at two police stations in Ramallah (the police station where the lynching took place was destroyed); the
Beit Lahia headquarters of
Tanzim, the armed wing of
Yasser Arafat's
Fatah faction; and buildings near Arafat's headquarters in
Gaza City.
Israeli Navy gunboats were seen offshore. Six Palestinian Authority naval boats were destroyed. Later in the day, Israeli helicopters destroyed the
Voice of Palestine radio station in Ramallah. According to Palestinian sources, a total of 27 people were injured in the attacks.
[2][9] Israeli authorities claim that the PA was warned before the attacks, and that a warning shot was fired before every attack, in order to empty the buildings about to be attacked.
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