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Two Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip, Jenin
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian during an incursion in the southern Gaza Strip Thursday and a member of the Islamic Jihad group in the West Bank. The violence came on the same day as Palestinian prime minister Mahmud Abbas is set to meet with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon, to discuss implementation of an internationally drafted Middle East peace "roadmap." Mohammed el-Kadra, 24, died when Israeli soldiers backed by tanks searched houses in the Gaza town of Khan Yunis. Relatives said Kadra had been wounded and was being carried to his house when Israeli soldiers intervened and shot him dead in a nearby street. The Israeli army said 29 people were arrested in the Khan Yunis sweep.
Earlier, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, a gunman belonging to Islamic Jihad was shot dead by Israeli troops. Saed Fahmawi, 23, was hit during heavy clashes that broke out as more than 20 tanks and jeeps pushed into the town and its neighbouring refugee camp, the Jihad leader said. An army spokesman said the incursion was aimed at "dismantling in Jenin the infrastructures of terrorist organizations, who were preparing attacks.
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The army also said nine wanted Palestinians were arrested in the West Bank overnight.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-05-29 |
