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| Israeli Army Kills Four Members of Palestinian Family |
| 2002-08-29 |
| Four members of a Palestinian family were killed Thursday, August 29, and five other people wounded by Israeli tank shells during the second military incursion into the area in two days, Palestinian hospital sources said. Wonder what really happened? A close advisor to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Nabil Abu Rudeina called the deadly attack a âmassacreâ. This âgrave crimeâ was aimed at sabotaging efforts to obtain a progressive Israeli military withdrawal from Palestinian areas which have been reoccupied by the army since the start of the current wave of violence in September 2000, the advisor said. No doubt... The four victims were named as 40-year-old Ruwiedah El-Ajeen, her son Mohammed and brothers Ashraf and Milad El-Ajeen, two other family members. They died when a tank shell exploded in a house in southern Gaza City, near the Jewish settlement of Netzarim. Five other Palestinians were wounded, one seriously, by the shells which hit the house and others nearby, Palestinian security sources said. A senior official of the Islamic resistance group Hamas vowed retaliation for the overnight Israeli shelling. Yes. Bloody revenge should make it all better... And Ha'aretz reports: According to an army spokesperson, a preliminary investigation on the incident has found that an IDF force near the northern Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim detected a number of individuals crawling near a zone in which Palestinians are prohibited. The troops opened fire at the suspected individuals and hit them. The army pointed out that several attempts have been made to carry out attacks targeting civilians and IDF troops in the vicinity of Netzarim. The IDF statement said that it regrets hurting innocent civilians and will continue to investigate the circumstances of the incident. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Israel would probably let them claim 'victory' also, as in fact anything would have to be better than the current situation. |
| Posted by: Tom Roberts 2002-08-29 20:03:02 |