Mideast - AFP
Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli fire in Gaza Strip
Date: Sat, Jul 10, 2004
GAZA CITY (AFP) - A 16-year-old Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli fire in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) town of Rafah.
Halima Udeh Abu Samahdaneh took a bullet to the head when troops opened fire in the Shabura district of the impoverished town close to the Israeli-controlled border with Egypt, Palestinian medics and witnesses said Saturday.
Witnesses said it was unclear why the Israeli troops had fired as there were no clashes under way at the time of the shooting.
An Israeli military source said he was unaware of the shooting, but acknowledged that troops had opened fire elsewhere in Rafah after the detonation of a roadside bomb.
The death brought the overall toll since the September 2000 start of the Palestinian intifada, or uprising, to 4,172, including 3,176 Palestinians and 925 Israelis, according to an AFP count.
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