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Middle East |
Israelis kill 16 Palestinians |
2002-03-04 |
In the deadliest operation, the wife of a Hamas official and five children were killed when Israeli tanks fired at two cars in Al-Amari in Ramallah. Officials of Hamas alleged a botched assassination bid against Hussein Abu Qweik and swore revenge. The cars were fired on from an army base in Psagot, killing Abu Qweik's 32-year-old wife Bushra, as well as his three children. Two people in the other car also died. "The Palestinian people and Hamas' armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, will avenge my slain family," Qweik said as he headed a march of some 500 Hamas supporters. The army later offered an apology, saying it was aiming at a carload of Palestinian policeman and missed, and denying an assassination attempt. Oops. Sorry. My fault. |
Posted by:Fred Pruitt |