Israeli soldiers 'kill' pupil
2004-10-28 14:20
Gaza Strip - Israeli troops on Thursday shot and killed an eight-year-old Palestinian girl who was on her way to school in a Gaza Strip refugee camp, Palestinian witnesses said.
Rania Iyad Aram of the Khan Younis camp was killed by random machine gun fire an army outpost near the neighbouring Jewish settlement of Ganei Tal, witnesses said.
The Israeli army had no immediate comment.
The Israeli military completed a two-day operation earlier in the week against Palestinian militants firing mortars at Jewish settlements from the Khan Younis area. Seventeen Palestinians were killed in the operation.
In other Israeli-Palestinian violence, about 40 Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles moved into the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank late on Wednesday, exchanging fire with Palestinian militants, witnesses said. There were no initial reports of injuries.
Military officials said the raid was intended to root out Palestinian militants in the camp and was expected to last a number of days. Israel has frequently raided West Bank towns and refugee camps during the last four years of fighting.
- AP