ISRAEL: DEFENCE MIINISTER BEN ELIEZER EXPRESSES REGRET FOR THE ISRAELI ARMY'S KILLING OF FOUR MEMBERS OF A PALESTINIAN FAMILY IN A TANK RAID ON THE GAZA STRIP VILLAGE OF SHEIKH IJLEEN

Record ID: 400198

  • Title: ISRAEL: DEFENCE MIINISTER BEN ELIEZER EXPRESSES REGRET FOR THE ISRAELI ARMY'S KILLING OF FOUR MEMBERS OF A PALESTINIAN FAMILY IN A TANK RAID ON THE GAZA STRIP VILLAGE OF SHEIKH IJLEEN
  • Date: 29th August 2002
  • Summary: (U5) TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (AUGUST 29, 2002) (REUTERS) 1. MV ISRAELI DEFENCE MIINISTER BEN ELIEZER SPEAKINGTHEN SHAKING WITH U.S. DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE DAVID SATTERFIELD 0.11 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) BEN ELIEZER SAYING "I have instructed to open an investigation about what happened (in Gaza). I announced that I am sorry, deeply sorry. One m
  • Embargoed: 13th September 2002 13:00
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  • Location: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA3DZ3TQD23G9E56OB8U59YDRYW
  • Story Text: Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer has
    expressed regret for the Israeli army's killing of four
    members of a Palestinian family in a tank raid on a Gaza Strip
    village.



    Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer expressed
    regret for the army's killing of "Palestinian innocents" in an
    assault after midnight on the coastal village of Sheikh Ijleen
    and demanded the army investigate.

    "I have instructed to open an investigation about what
    happened (in Gaza). I announced that I am sorry, deeply sorry.

    One must understand that we are living at times when there are
    a lot of alerts and wars and therefore, the (Israeli) forces
    noticed a group of three (people) crawling on the ground and
    (they) opened fire. The incident is being investigated,"
    Ben-Eliezer told reporters after meeting U.S. Deputy
    Assistant Secretary David Satterfield.

    Israeli tanks in a pre-dawn raid on the coastal village of
    Sheikh Ijleen on Thursday (August 29) killed four members of a
    Palestinian family.

    Israeli military sources said the army's push into the
    village, the second in as many days, was spurred by
    "suspicious movements of a number of people" in an area barred
    to Palestinians near the Jewish settlement of Netzarim.

    Asked about the seizure of the Israeli vessel in Hamburg
    which German customs officials said was carrying a cargo of
    military equipment for Iran, Ben-Eliezer said the ship was
    bound for Thailand but added that Israeli government was
    taking the matter very seriously and will conduct a full
    investigation.

    On Thursday (August 29) Hamburg customs officers seized
    cargo containing Israeli-made tread parts for armoured
    vehicles from a private Israeli ship, which docked in Hamburg
    two weeks ago. Customs then informed Israel they believed the
    cargo was bound for Iran.

    Israel's Defence Ministry had said on Wednesday the
    shipment had been authorised for export on the premise that
    the cargo was headed for Thailand.

    German authorities said it was up to Israel to determine
    if their export control laws had been violated and that the
    containers would be returned to Israel on another ship due to
    depart from Hamburg on Thursday.

    Iran denied any link to the ship, calling the whole affair
    an Israeli propaganda move.


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