 Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip early on Saturday in separate incidents, Palestinian security officials said. Fisherman Zyad Al-Abael, 20, was killed off Rafah in the south of the strip by shots from an Israeli naval patrol boat. Said Abu Libdeh, 16, was hit as he tried to sneak into Israeli territory near Khan Yunes. Two other Palestinians with him were wounded, the officials said. The latest deaths brought to 4,891 the number of people killed since the start of the Palestinian intifada in September 2000. More than three-quarters of the victims have been Palestinians. |