Sharon condemns killing
2004-05-02 20:46
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday's killing of a Jewish settler and her four children was an attempt by the Palestinians to sabotage his plan to "disengage" from the Gaza Strip.
"This terrible assassination today is the way chosen by the Palestinians to delay and disrupt the plan," Sharon told Israeli public radio.
An eight-month pregnant woman and her four daughters, aged two to 11, were shot dead by two Palestinian gunmen on Sunday at the Kissufim crossing point between the southern Gaza Strip and Israel.
The deadly attack came as members of Sharon's Likud party were voting on his plan to unilaterally "disengage" from the Palestinians.
The controversial measures include a troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as well as the removal of all 21 settlements in the territory and their 7 500 residents.
- SAPA