Friday, June 21, 2002

Israeli Troops Kill 4 Palestinians
Israeli forces earlier had gone into into Jenin and imposed a curfew after 19 Israelis were killed Tuesday in the deadliest suicide bombing in Jerusalem in six years.

Palestinian security and hospital officials said Israelis fired tank shells and machine-guns at residents in two Jenin streets in the town's market area and a nearby neighborhood, killing four people and wounding 24, including many children.

In the Jenin shooting Friday, the army said soldiers searching homes in the city spotted a group of Palestinians who had broken the curfew and were heading toward the soldiers. The troops fired two tank shells to deter the crowd from approaching, the army said.

Mohammed Abu Ghali, director of Jenin Governmental Hospital, said brothers Ahmed Ghazawi, about 6, and Jamil, 12 both died along with a 6-year-old girl, Sajedah Famahwi. Also killed was Helal Shetta, a school teacher who was about 50.

The Ghazawi brothers were killed by tank shells; Sajedah and Shetta died from gunfire, hospital officials said.

Also in Jenin, Palestinians security officials said a 14-year-old Palestinian boy was killed and seven other people were wounded when Israeli troops blew up an empty building early Friday. The blast caused a nearby building to collapse, the security officials said.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Palestinians.html

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