Six Palestinians killed in new Israeli carnage in Gaza
Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/13/2002

An Israeli medical source said that two Israeli soldiers were killed by bullets fired by Palestinians yesterday evening near a settlement in Hebron to the south of the West Bank.

The Israeli forces committed a new crime against the Palestinian people which claimed the life of five Palestinians when these forces opened fire at them near al-Mintar crossing in Gaza. The Israeli radio said, admitting the crime, that no weapons were found near the bodies of the five Palestinians.

A Palestinian medical source said the Israeli authorities did not permit Palestinian ambulances to approach the site of the incident to transfer the bodies of the killed Palestinians.

Another Palestinian was killed by the Israeli forces near the aggregation of Ghoushe Katife settlement. The Israeli radio said that an Israeli military force opened fire at three Palestinians who were intending to get into the settlement and this resulted in killing one of them while two were able to escape.

The People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the military wing, claimed responsibility for the operations in an Israeli settlement to the south of Gaza.

In a statement, the groups of Abu Ali Mustafa, the front's military wing said that the group of martyr Wade' Haddad broke into the settlement and clashes took place between the resistance fighters and the Israeli occupation forces and the settlers.

The statement added that the clashes resulted in killing Nael Muhammad Abu Labdeh ( 22 year old) while other members of the group were able to retreat.

Palestinian sources said that the Israeli forces opened fire at a car carrying Palestinian workers near Ghoush Katif settlement and this resulted in strong wounds in three Palestinian workers.

The Israeli forces blocked all roads leading to the said area and summoned additional military forces.

Medical sources said that the Israeli soldiers opened fire from a monitoring military tower in Rafah camp for the Palestinian refugees and hit the Palestinian Ahmad al-Soufi ( 21 year old ) in his back.

The Israeli forces also arrested several Palestinians including Salah al-Sayed, one of the Hamas leaders during breaking in Palestinian houses in Nablus.

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