Palestinian Security Worker Killed in Gaza

Palestinian Security Worker Killed in Gaza

AP
Date: 12-14-04

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A Palestinian security worker was shot and killed Tuesday by Israeli troops in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Palestinian medical officials said.

Samir Khafaja, 27, was walking in the street when he was shot in the head and chest in the town on the Gaza border with Egypt, medical officials said. Two other Palestinian security personnel were wounded.

An Israeli military official said the army opened fire on three suspicious figures crawling in the area of the border. The official could not say if the figures were armed.

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