Passions Inflamed, Gaza Teenagers Die in Suicidal Attacks
"I want my grave to be like the grave of Muhammad, not so big," the boy, Yusef Zaqout, 14, wrote, adding how he would like to be mourned: "Don't cry for me. Bury me with my brothers the martyrs. And visit my grave if you have time."

Not long after that, he set out on Tuesday night with two friends, each 15, on a futile mission to attack the heavily fortified Israeli settlement near here. Armed with knives and homemade bombs that can easily be purchased on the street here, the three were shot dead by Israeli soldiers 15 yards from the settlement's exterior wall.

The age of the three boys and their backgrounds — all said by Yusef's relatives to be excellent students from middle-class families — shocked even Palestinians here who have witnessed rising levels of violence in the current conflict and have seen it draw in younger and younger victims and participants.
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