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 | | From: | United Press International | | Subject: | Eight Palestinians reportedly killed | | Date: | Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:00:30 EST |
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GAZA CITY, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Israeli soldiers reportedly
killed eight Palestinians and wounded 12, Saturday, as Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was sworn into office.
The Israeli army said Palestinians fired two Qassam rockets
into Israel proper. One hit the town of Sderot where a 17 years old
girl sustained critical head injuries. A mortar bomb hit the
settlement of Netsarim wounding a boy.
Moawiya Hassanein, director of the emergency section of
al-Shifaa Hospital in Gaza City, said five Palestinians were killed
and six were wounded in Gaza City's al-Zaytoon neighborhood, while
two more were killed and six were wounded in Rafah.
The Israeli army said it shot and hit two gunmen approaching
its forces near Netsarim, south of Gaza City. Two more gunmen were
shot while crawling in a restricted area near Kisufim.
Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper reported two more Palestinians
were shot when they approached the Termit outpost near Rapha.
Palestinian police said Israeli forces supported by
helicopters raided the coastal road of Gaza City, bulldozing
agricultural land and firing at Palestinian homes.
In Ramallah Saturday, Abbas reiterated his commitment to a
just peace settlement and to the Road Map for peace in the Middle
East.
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