GAZA: Israeli troops shoot and kills Palestinian policeman and two civilians near border

Record ID: 354144

  • Title: GAZA: Israeli troops shoot and kills Palestinian policeman and two civilians near border
  • Date: 8th June 2006
  • Summary: DEAD MAN BEING CARRIED INTO AMBULANCE (2 SHOTS) AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 23rd June 2006 13:00
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  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA49U9ZAFVGSD3W2H7NG3SCI07E
  • Story Text: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian policeman and two civilians, and wounded five others at the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday (June 7), medics and witnesses said.
    The Israeli army said soldiers had fired at three Palestinians as they approached a border fence near the Karni commercial crossing after dark, raising suspicions that they planned to infiltrate.
    The Palestinians appeared to have been shot, the spokesman added, but could not elaborate on their condition.
    Palestinian witnesses said the Israeli troops fired more than once and shot artillery and a missile from a pilotless drone. The army denied using artillery.
    Palestinian medics said they had sent ambulances to the scene, a frequent site of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
    The incident came a day after an Israeli aerial attack targeted a building in Gaza City used by militants to manufacture rockets often fired at the Jewish state. There were no casualties in that attack.
    Israeli troops have increased their vigilance along the border amid an upsurge in rocket firings from Gaza. A rocket hurt an Israeli woman when it slammed into a home on Tuesday (June 6). Israel responded by an aerial bombing of a rocket depot in Gaza.
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