Hamas fella Mahoud al-Adham Tango Uniform
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers mistakenly shot an operative of Islamist group Hamas on Thursday who had been trying to stop Palestinians approaching the Israel-Gaza border, the Israeli military said.
The health ministry in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, identified the dead man as Mahmoud al-Adham, 28,
and said he was shot near Beit Hanoun in the northern part of the territory.
"An initial inquiry suggests that a Hamas restraint operative arrived in the area of the security fence because of two Palestinians who were wandering in the area," the Israeli military said in a statement.
"In retrospect, it appears that the IDF (Israel Defense Force) troops who arrived at the location misidentified the Hamas restraint operative to be an armed terrorist and fired as a result of this misunderstanding," it said, promising a review.
The last round of violence in the Gaza Strip and neighboring southern Israel was in May,
...already fading into the mists of ancient history... | with hundreds of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes over three days before a ceasefire was brokered.
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-12 |