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Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Teenager in Raid
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GAZA (Reuters) -
Israeli soldiers shot dead a 14-year-old
Palestinian boy Thursday during a raid on a refugee camp in the
southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), medics and witnesses said.
Palestinians also accused the Israelis of killing a
militant who died in an explosion at his home in the Rafah
camp, but the army said it was not responsible.
Palestinian security sources said 14-year-old Mohammed
Othman was killed when he was caught up in clashes while he was
on his way to school. Three other people were also wounded in
the incident, they said.
An Israeli military source said there were probably
casualties from crossfire during heavy exchanges that erupted
when troops backed by tanks raided Rafah to search for tunnels
used to smuggle weapons from neighboring Egypt.
The raid came a day after three Palestinians from the
militant Hamas group were killed in an Israeli air-strike south
of Gaza City.
Palestinians said an Israeli rocket also killed a militant
commander at his home in Rafah early Thursday, but Israel
denied any involvement in the explosion.
Rafah has long been a flashpoint for violence. Israeli
forces have launched frequent missions against militant
hideouts there during more than three years of conflict.
Dozens of people have been killed in Rafah and hundreds of
Palestinian homes demolished in places where soldiers destroyed
smuggling tunnels.
Israel's army chief accused Egypt earlier this week of
failing to do enough to prevent weapons from being smuggled
into Gaza for use in attacks against Israel.
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