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August 30, 2004
IDF kills Palestinian approaching Gaza settlement

HAARETZ: IDF kills Palestinian approaching Gaza settlement

Israel Defense Forces troops shot and killed a Palestinian man who tried to carry out a terror attack at the south Gaza Strip settlement of Morag on Monday night, the IDF told the Itim news agency.

Palestinian sources confirmed that a 34-year-old man had been killed in the area.

The IDF said troops ambushed the Palestinian near abandoned greenhouses in the Morag area after receiving intelligence information that an explosive device had earlier been hidden in the greenhouses.

Troops shot and killed the Palestinian when he crawled to the greenhouses, apparently to detonate the bomb, the army said.

(Ed- I'm 34, and even I know that this is the wrong season for planting bombs even if you've got greenhouses.)

Posted by Laurence Simon at August 30, 2004 03:49 PM | TrackBack
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