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The Independent reported,
based on original Palestinian claims it never checked with the IDF, that a
Palestinian girl Nuran Dib was killed by shrapnel fired from an IDF tank
shell at an UNWRA schoolyard in Rafah, where Dib was playing. Now the
Palestinians themselves arrested a Palestinian suspect in Monday's murder
of Nuran Dib, on Tuesday evening. The man reportedly fired shots into the
air; one of those shots hit the girl.
See an excellent short Reader's Letter on this: |
From: Stuart
Palmer
To:
newseditor@independent.co.uk
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 9:30 AM
To: The Independent
Letter Editor Thursday, February 03, 2005
Sirs,
Now, as has happened so many times in past, we learn that the
little girl was killed by a Palestinian, who was shooting into the
air during a religious celebration. (See article below).
Are you going to publish an apology? I dare you!
Stuart Palmer
Haifa, Israel |
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arrests suspect in girl's murder
Margot Dudkevitch, THE JERUSALEM POST
Feb. 1, 2005 |
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The Palestinians arrested a
suspect in Monday's murder of Nuran Dib, on Tuesday evening. The
man reportedly fired shots into the air; one of those shots hit
the girl. The suspect is being questioned regarding the shooting.
The IDF said on Monday night that following an initial
investigation, it did not seem that the 10-year-old from Rafah was
hit by IDF tank fire.
Palestinians had originally claimed that the girl was killed by
shrapnel fired from an IDF tank shell at an UNWRA schoolyard in
Rafah, where Dib was playing.
The Palestinians used the supposed killing as a pretext to resume
firing mortars at Gaza Strip settlements.
During the day Monday, soldiers positioned in posts located along
the Philadelphi Route fired twice from light weapons into areas
far from where the girl was hit, security officials said.
The officials said that at the time the girl was killed, officials
at the District Coordinating Office received reports that in the
same area Muslim worshippers returning from the Hajj in Mecca
fired warning shots in the air to celebrate their return.
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