| http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_ID=7582544 3-year-old Palestinian shot dead by Israelis AFP [ SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2002 7:43:52 PM ] GAZA CITY: Four Palestinian children were wounded, including a three-year-old shot in the head, when Israeli troops fired on them as they threw stones at Israeli bulldozers in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian witnesses and medics said. The children were lobbing stones at tanks and bulldozers trying to clear an area between the autonomous southern town of Rafah and the neighbouring refugee camp, both close to the border with Egypt. The soldiers opened fire with live bullets, witnesses said, hitting three-year-old Ahmad Zaanoun in the head. His condition was critical, medics said. On Saturday, the army wounded 20 Palestinians near Rafat and Khan Yunis, during a similar operation to clear an area of land, hospital sources said. Israel frequently raids Palestinian self-rule areas in Gaza to flatten areas that could be used by militants to launch attacks, although since the end of March it has concentrated its military might in the West Bank. |
