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The Israelis were beaten and stabbed. At this point, a Palestinian (later identified as Aziz Salha), appeared at the window, displaying his blood-soaked hands to the crowd, which erupted into cheers. The crowd clapped and cheered as one of the soldier's bodies was then thrown out the window and stamped and beaten by the frenzied crowd. One of the two was shot and set on fire, and his head was beaten to a pulp.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150526210520/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4570672.html "'I'll have nightmares for the rest of my life,' photographer says"]. Chicago Sun-Tribune. October 22, 2000.</ref>

The Israelis were beaten and stabbed. At this point, a Palestinian (later identified as Aziz Salha), appeared at the window, displaying his blood-soaked hands to the crowd, which erupted into cheers. The crowd clapped and cheered as one of the soldier's bodies was then thrown out the window and stamped and beaten by the frenzied crowd. One of the two was shot and set on fire, and his head was beaten to a pulp.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150526210520/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4570672.html "'I'll have nightmares for the rest of my life,' photographer says"]. Chicago Sun-Tribune. October 22, 2000.</ref>

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Witness:<ref name=dt>Philips, Alan, “A Day of Rage, Revenge and Bloodshed,” The Telegraph, October 13, 2000. [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/eyewitness-to-ramallah-lynching-october-2000 Terrorism Against Israel: Eyewitness to Ramallah Lynching. (October 12, 2000) -  JVL] [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/1370229/A-day-of-rage%2C-revenge-and-bloodshed.html][https://books.google.com/books?id=gvRgFCvR-wcC&pg=PA65]</ref>

<blockquote>I got out of the car to see what was happening and saw that they were dragging something behind them. Within moments they were in front of me and, to my horror, I saw that it was a body, a man they were dragging by the feet. The lower part of his body was on fire and the upper part had been shot at, and the head beaten so badly that it was a pulp, like red jelly.'

<blockquote>I got out of the car to see what was happening and saw that they were dragging something behind them. Within moments they were in front of me and, to my horror, I saw that it was a body, a man they were dragging by the feet. The lower part of his body was on fire and the upper part had been shot at, and the head beaten so badly that it was a pulp, like red jelly.'

I thought he was a soldier because I could see the remains of the khaki trousers and boots. My God, I thought, they've killed this guy. He was dead, he must have been dead, but they were still beating him, madly, kicking his head. '''They were like animals.'''

I thought he was a soldier because I could see the remains of the khaki trousers and boots. My God, I thought, they've killed this guy. He was dead, he must have been dead, but they were still beating him, madly, kicking his head. '''They were like animals.'''

At the same time, the guy that looked like a soldier was being beaten and the crowd was getting angrier and angrier, '''shouting 'Allah akbar'''' - God is great. They were dragging the dead man around the street like a cat toying with a mouse. It was the most horrible thing that I have ever seen and I have reported from Congo, Kosovo, many bad places. In Kosovo, I saw Serbs beating an Albanian but it wasn't like this. There was such hatred, such unbelievable hatred and anger distorting their faces.</blockquote>

At the same time, the guy that looked like a soldier was being beaten and the crowd was getting angrier and angrier, '''shouting 'Allah akbar'''' - God is great. They were dragging the dead man around the street like a cat toying with a mouse. It was the most horrible thing that I have ever seen and I have reported from Congo, Kosovo, many bad places. In Kosovo, I saw Serbs beating an Albanian but it wasn't like this. There was such hatred, such unbelievable hatred and anger distorting their faces.</blockquote>

According to reporters' evidence on the scene, not only did the Palestinian police not protect the two men slaughtered while in their custody in the Ramallah police station, but they also tried to prevent foreign journalists in the area around the building from filming the incident.

According to reporters' evidence on the scene, not only did the Palestinian police not protect the two men slaughtered while in their custody in the Ramallah police station, but they also tried to prevent foreign journalists in the area around the building from filming the incident.