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Israel Troops Kill 9-Year-Old Palestinian
Israeli Troops Kill 9-Year-Old Palestinian Boy in Gaza Operation to Halt Rocket
Fire
The Associated Press
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip July 3, 2004 Israeli troops shot and killed a
9-year-old Palestinian boy Saturday in the fifth day of an army operation meant
to prevent militants from firing rockets at Israeli towns bordering the Gaza
Strip.
Hiab Shabat was killed by machine gun fire, apparently from a tank-mounted
gun, while standing near his home in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, Palestinian
hospital and security officials said.
The army said it had fired warning shots at a Palestinian mob that approached
soldiers in a threatening manner, but was not aware that anyone was hit.
Israeli forces raided Beit Hanoun isolating it from the rest of the Gaza Strip
on Monday after Palestinian militants fired rockets at the Israeli town of
Sderot killing two people, including a 3-year-old boy. Five Palestinians have
been killed since Israel launched its raid.
It was the first time anyone was killed in an attack by the highly inaccurate,
homemade rockets, which militants have been firing for more than two years. The
army and Palestinian militant groups said the rockets had been upgraded to make
them deadlier.
The new rockets could make it more difficult for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
to implement a plan to evacuate all settlements on the Gaza Strip and four on
the West Bank by the end of September 2005.
Hardliners who oppose Sharon's plan say removing Israeli settlements and a
military presence from Gaza would put towns along the border at greater risk.
Egypt has pledged to help train Palestinian security forces to ensure a smooth
handover.
Since raiding Beit Hanoun, the army has been razing agricultural land in the
eastern part of the town that borders Israel, in an attempt to prevent militants
from taking cover in orchards when firing rockets.
Although the army has not restricted the movement of residents in the town
center, it has stopped farmers accessing their land and has barred entrance to
the Beit Hanoun industrial zone. Troops took over three factories which they
turned into makeshift headquarters.
Since the raid started Palestinian militants have managed to fire barrages,
wounding several people. Three rockets were fired while Sharon was visiting the
family of the boy who was killed Monday in Sderot. Late Friday, two rockets
landed in that town but no one was seriously injured.
Meanwhile, the army reopened Saturday a main Gaza Strip highway which had been
closed for a week. Hundreds of people lined up for hours in the early morning to
await the opening of the main north-south highway. Taxis and trucks were allowed
through the junction, but private cars were denied entry.
The army closed the road after Palestinian militants launched an exceptional
attack on an army post in the heart of Gaza. The militants dug a 1,000-foot-long
tunnel under the outpost where they planted hundreds of pounds of explosives.
The explosion destroyed the outpost, killing one soldier.
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It's not that important. It's not our priority."
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On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 10:09:01 -0600, "=> Vox Populi " <vox@popu.li>
wrote:
Israel Troops Kill 9-Year-Old Palestinian
One less future raghead terrorist #@($stain.
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"=> Vox Populi " <vox@popu.li> wrote in message news:<GSAFc.11$Np4.15276@news.uswest.net>...
Israel Troops Kill 9-Year-Old Palestinian
Israeli Troops Kill 9-Year-Old Palestinian Boy in Gaza Operation to Halt Rocket
Fire
The Associated Press
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip July 3, 2004 ? Israeli troops shot and killed a
9-year-old Palestinian boy Saturday in the fifth day of an army operation meant
to prevent militants from firing rockets at Israeli towns bordering the Gaza
Strip.
Hiab Shabat was killed by machine gun fire, apparently from a tank-mounted
gun, while standing near his home in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, Palestinian
hospital and security officials said.
-snip-
Man, I am in awe of you. I can't imagine how long it must take to
knock out all these posts in a straightjacket with a pen clenched in
your teeth.
Bravo.
I'm sensible
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"=> Vox Populi " <vox@popu.li> wrote in message
news:<GSAFc.11$Np4.15276@news.uswest.net>...
Israel Troops Kill 9-Year-Old Palestinian
Israeli Troops Kill 9-Year-Old Palestinian Boy in Gaza Operation to Halt
Rocket
Fire
The Associated Press
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip July 3, 2004 ? Israeli troops shot and killed
a 9-year-old Palestinian boy Saturday in the fifth day of an army
operation meant
to prevent militants from firing rockets at Israeli towns bordering the
Gaza
Strip.
Hiab Shabat was killed by machine gun fire, apparently from a
tank-mounted
gun, while standing near his home in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza,
Palestinian
hospital and security officials said.
-snip-
Man, I am in awe of you. I can't imagine how long it must take to
knock out all these posts in a straightjacket with a pen clenched in
your teeth.
Bravo.
I'm sensible
He makes them up.
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:10:49 -0400, Ed wrote:
<snip>
Man, I am in awe of you. I can't imagine how long it must take to
knock out all these posts in a straightjacket with a pen clenched in
your teeth.
Bravo.
I'm sensible
He makes them up.
Perhaps he's writing a fictional book and is just trying out a few ideas
to see if his one reader will find the plot aceptable.
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:10:49 -0400, Ed wrote:
<snip>
Man, I am in awe of you. I can't imagine how long it must take to
knock out all these posts in a straightjacket with a pen clenched in
your teeth.
Bravo.
I'm sensible
Perhaps he's writing a fictional book and is just trying out a few ideas
to see if his one reader will find the plot aceptable.
It must be a comedy. Some of the claims he makes are so outlandish that all
one can do is laugh.
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