TODAY IN HISTORY 23 July 2002 Israeli F-16 fighter jets attack and destroy a four-story building in the Al-Yarmouk neighborhood of Gaza City, killing Hamas activist and commander of the Izz Eddin Al-Qassem wing Sheikh Salah Shehadeh, 49, his wife and one of his children and at least 14 other civilians, including 10 children aged two months to 11 years. Over 150 are injured, many of them women and children. Nearby buildings also suffer damage. 2001 In Nablus District, the Israeli army burns hundreds of dunums of olive trees and bulldozes an area of land that is surrounding the bypass road in Qusin-Al Juneid. 2000 Sheikh Ahmed Yassin offers Israel a truce in return for complete Israeli withdrawal from the territories occupied in 1967. 1997 The Knesset Finance Committee approves $12 million in grants and subsidies for 400 dwelling units to be built in rural West Bank settlements. 1992 On Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, an unlicensed Greek Orthodox church is demolished. 2 Palestinian homes were demolished in East Jerusalem on the some grounds. 1952 Egyptian Revolution: Free Officers launch a coup and seize control of all government buildings, radio stations, police stations, and the army headquarters in Cairo. The coup installed General Muhammad Najeeb as President. 1937 1937 Arab Higher Committee rejects Royal Commission proposal and demands independent unitary Palestine with protection of legitimate Jewish and other minority rights and the safeguarding of British interests. Rebellion intensifies
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