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Lynette
5/5/2002 (13:15) |
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Occupied Jerusalem: 5 May, 2002 (IAP News) - Israeli occupation soldiers on
Sunday shot and killed a Palestinian mother and her two children Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, a crew of an armored personnel carrier,
opened fire at Fatima Ibrahim Zakarna and her two children, Basel, 5, and
Abir, 3, as they were
walking near Jenin in the northern West Bank, killing them instantly.
The killing, described by eyewitnesses as ' a cold-blooded murder such as
one committed by street criminals and gangsters.'
'The victims were going to the nearby nursery, they were hundreds of meters
away from the Israeli vehicle, they posed no threat to the soldiers or the
tank whatsoever, yet the criminal soldiers opened fire from their
machineguns at the helpless woman and her two kids, killing them on the
spot,' said Nasser Ikmel who witnessed the killing.
'It is a Nazi-like crime, may God have mercy on us.'
The incident took place between the town of Qabatya and the village of
Zababdeh near Jenin where the Israeli army is believed to have committed
serious war crimes against civilians last month.
The Israeli state-run radio acknowledged the killing and said the army was
investigating it.
The radio, a virtual mouthpiece of the Israeli military spokesman, said
the soldiers opened fire in all directions when a small explosive device
went off near the armored vehicle, slightly injuring a soldier.
According to human rights organizations, including Israeli activists, the
Israeli army kill Palestinians with striking ease due to the absence of
international condemnation, especially from the United States.
The US seldom publicly censures Israel for killing Palestinian civilians,
even when they are murdered in the most brazen manner.
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