WEST BANK: THREE MILITANTS INCLUDING LEADER OF THE AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADES KHALIL MARSHOUD KILLED IN ISRAELI MISSILE ATTACK ON A CAR IN NABLUS

Record ID: 566228

  • Title: WEST BANK: THREE MILITANTS INCLUDING LEADER OF THE AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADES KHALIL MARSHOUD KILLED IN ISRAELI MISSILE ATTACK ON A CAR IN NABLUS
  • Date: 14th June 2004
  • Summary: (W3) NABLUS, WEST BANK (JUNE 14, 2004) (REUTERS) (NIGHTSHOTS) 1. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS GATHERED AROUND WRECKAGE OF CAR (3 SHOTS) 0.22 2. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR BODY PARTS AT SCENE, SURROUNDED BY CROWDS (3 SHOTS) 0.40 3. HAS: AMBULANCE IN CROWD 0.48 4. CROWDS WAITING OUTSIDE HOSPITAL 0.51 5. BODY OF ONE OF MILITANTS IN MORGUE 0.59 6. MORE OF CROWDS WAITING OUTSIDE HOSPITAL 1.04 7. ANOTHER BODY CARRIED INTO HOSPITAL 1.12 (W3) (DAY) NABLUS, WEST BANK (JUNE 14, 2004) (REUTERS) 8. SV/CU: WRECKAGE OF CAR (2 SHOTS) 1.25 9. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS GATHERED AROUND REMAINS OF BURNT CAR (4 SHOTS) 1.54 10. VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS CONDUCTING SEARCHES FOR MILITANTS (5 SHOTS) 2.40 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th June 2004 13:00
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  • Location: NABLUS, WEST BANK
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVABMHK4T6SJI106QO2NASMIKXN7
  • Story Text: Palestinian militant leader killed in West Bank.


    Israel's military killed three militants, including
    a leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, in a missile
    attack on a car in the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday
    (June 14, 2004), Palestinian security sources said.

    Khalil Marshoud, an al-Aqsa brigades leader, and two
    other militants in his group were killed when an Israeli
    missile hit the vehicle they were driving in outside the
    Balata refugee camp in Nablus on Monday night.

    Marshoud and a second militant were killed instantly,
    while a third later died in hospital of his wounds. The
    Balata refugee camp is a stronghold for the al-Aqsa
    brigades, an armed group in President Yasser Arafat's Fatah
    faction.

    The Israeli army issued a statement saying the air
    force had targeted a vehicle carrying a senior militant.

    "After repeated efforts to arrest the terrorist were to
    no avail, the Israeli army acted in order to thwart future
    attacks," the army said in a statement.

    It did not disclose details of how the attack was
    carried out. Palestinian security officials recovered
    fragments of what they said was a missile from the charred
    remains of the car.

    At the scene, rescue workers pointed to a large crater
    near the wreckage which they said was caused by the
    missile's impact.

    Palestinian residents and security officials were
    unable to say how the missile was fired because they said
    electricity was cut moments before the explosion, shrouding
    the area in darkness. Nobody reported hearing the sound of
    helicopters.

    Marshoud was the target of an Israeli missile strike on
    May 3 when three al-Aqsa brigades members were killed in a
    helicopter attack, al-Aqsa brigades sources said.

    They said Marshoud evaded the attempt on his life as he
    was driving in a different vehicle at the time.


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