Damage Suffered by Bethlehem University Due to Israeli Gunfire Ocotber 23 to 26, 2001 Damage Suffered by Bethlehem University Due to Israeli Gunfire
October 23 to 26, 2001

Chapel

  • Tank Grenade hit on roof: 2
  • Bullet Damage to stone work
  • Five Stained Glass Windows damaged in multiple locations
  • Tank Grenade hit on walls: 6
  • Hit by at least 110 bullets
  • Broken Windows: 6
  • Hole in TV Dish Antenna

Bethlehem Hall

  • Structural Damage to Bridge Water Tanks hit: 3
  • Water Tanks destroyed: 4
  • Solar Heating Panel destroyed: 2
  • Severe Damage to Midwifery Lab
  • Broken Windows: 13
  • Main Entrance Door hit by 15 bullets
  • Tank Grenade hits: 25
  • Decorative stone work damaged in many places

Main Building

  • Tank Grenade hits: 9
  • Broken Water Pipes: 3
  • Broken Windows: 12
  • Library Broken Windows: 6
  • Tank Grenade hits: 2
  • New Classroom and Office Building Broken Windows: 46
  • Faculty Lounge: Three Large Plate Glass Windows Destroyed
  • Water Storage Tanks: 8 with bullet holes
  • Solar Panels hit: 2
  • Water Boiler hit: 1
  • Ventilation System hit
  • Many Scars due to bullet hits
  • Tank Grenade hits: 11

Science Building

  • Internet Connection Wire severed in four places
  • power line cut Broken Windows: 13

Social and Cultural Center

  • Broken Windows: 28, including 3 1mx2m Plate Glass Panels
  • Cafeteria Window Frame destroyed
  • Tank Grenade hits, including Basketball Court, Amphitheater and Steps: 33
  • Broken Water Pipe: 1

Vehicle Damage

  • New Nissan Truck – Very serious damage due to hit by tank Grenade
  • Forino Truck – Bullet holes in windows

Contact to the Outside World:

  • With the destruction of the wires for the Internet connection the University lost a primary means of communication

Totals:

Tank Grenade Hits: 86 Broken Windows: 129

As far as can be determined the Tank Grenades being used are 40mm low velocity fragmentation grenades designed to be lethal within a small radius.