-Caveat Lector- Ha'aretz Monday, December 30, 2002 Tevet 25, 5763 Israel Time: 04:53 (GMT+2)
Two Palestinian children killed in territories by IDF By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular Cameraman Taner Ziara being led to an ambulance after being hit by an IDF bullet yesterday in Gaza. (Photo: AP) Two Palestinian children were killed by the Israel Defense Forces in the territories yesterday, an eight-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl. Also yesterday, a cameraman on assignment for Associated Press Television News was injured when IDF forces fired warning shots at demonstrators approaching a checkpoint in the Gaza Strip. In the West Bank village of Dura, on the outskirts of Hebron, IDF troops arrested three Islamic Jihad activists suspected of belonging to the terrorist cell responsible for the attack on the West Bank settlement of Otniel on Friday night, which killed four Israelis. In Gaza, two IDF soldiers were wounded overnight on Saturday by an antitank rocket fired at the armored vehicle in which they were traveling near Rafah, on the Israeli-Egyptian border. One of the soldiers suffered light-to-moderate injuries while the other was lightly wounded. The two were taken to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva. In the West Bank city of Tul Karm, 8-year-old Abdel Karim Salameh was killed by a shot to the head, according to the director of the town's hospital, Dr. Ahmed Abu Baker. A second boy, aged 11, was injured by a rubber-coated steel bullet in the leg, the director said. Palestinian witnesses had charged that Salameh was killed by a tank shell. An IDF spokesman said that the soldiers had fired rubber bullets and used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing youths. Senior IDF officers said there was no tank fire in the area of the incident. The nine-year-old girl was killed overnight on Saturday as she stood outside her home in a refugee camp near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. Military sources said that soldiers had responded to gunfire from the area of the incident. AP cameraman Taner Ziara was injured by a ricochet while covering a protest march by about 150 Palestinians and foreign supporters. The demonstrators marched toward an IDF military checkpoint to protest restrictions on Palestinian movement. When the supporters were about 50 meters away from the checkpoint, soldiers fired to keep the marchers away. According to Mohammed al-Hawaja, one of the organizers of the march, a ricochet hit Ziara in the head. Ziara was taken to nearby Rafah Hospital. Doctors there said the bullet cut the back of Ziara's head, but that he was in stable condition. The protest took place at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the Mowasi area, near the Gush Katif settlement bloc. Mowasi, home to tens of thousands of Palestinians, has come under especially severe restrictions in the past 27 months of fighting because of its proximity to the settlements. Residents can pass through checkpoints only with special permits and Mowasi is off-limits to visitors. An attempt by a terrorist to infiltrate Kiryat Arba was thwarted by the West Bank settlement's security patrol overnight on Saturday, Israel Radio reported. According to the report, the Kiryat Arba security officer saw a suspicious figure approaching the southern entrance to the security fence and fired in the air. An exchange of fire ensued and additional security forces arrived at the scene, but the gunman apparently fled the area. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
