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Israeli occupation army shoots dead two Palestinians in Gaza Strip
Khaleej Times, (AFP)
27 November 2003
GAZA CITY - The bodies of two Palestinians shot dead and one Palestinian seriously wounded by Israeli troops in the central Gaza Strip late Wednesday were handed over to Palestinian officials, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
Earlier reports had spoken of three deaths, but the toll was revised downwards by both sides.
Israeli military sources said a group of four Palestinians, two of them armed, penetrated a restricted zone near a road used by settlers and soldiers.
Troops spotted the Palestinians and gave chase, the sources said. Two of them climbed into a waiting car, before the troops opened fire killing two Palestinians while a third who was in the car was seriously wounded.
The two killed were members of the Sneiri family and were on their way home when their car came under fire, a member of the family told AFP. The fact that they were members of the same family belies Israeli claims that they were preparing to attack Israelis. Usually members of the resistance are not related by family ties.
But the Israeli occupation army said two of the Palestinians gunned down were preparing an attack (the usual justification of killing Palestinians). Four soldiers and three settlers have been killed on the road over the past three years, according to Israeli sources.
The latest deaths raised to 3,623 the number of people killed since the September 2000 outbreak of the Palestinian intifada, including 2,703 Palestinians and 854 Israelis, according to an AFP count.
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