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Israeli forces kill Islamic Jihad member in Gaza
 GAZA - Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian terrorist gunman who attacked a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the Islamic Jihad group said, claiming responsibility for the assault.
The attack on the settlement of Kfar Darom coincided with a visit to Israel and the West Bank by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who earlier told reporters Palestinians must keep to a truce ahead of a planned Israeli pullout from Gaza.
Islamic Jihad said one of its terrorists gunmen, along with a terrorist fighter from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, fired at Kfar Darom in retaliation for recent Israeli raids against militants in the West Bank.
Israeli fire killed the Islamic Jihad terrorist gunman, the group said, basing its information on a confession an account given by the surviving terrorist attacker. The Israeli army did not immediately confirm the death but said terrorist gunmen had fired at a Kfar Darom watchtower.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-06-19 |
