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| Middle East |
| Settlement shootout leaves Israeli, Palestinian dead |
| 2002-08-10 |
| Gunfire in a Jordan Valley settlement killed a suspected Palestinian militant and an Israeli woman late Saturday. Two Israelis were also wounded in a gunbattle with the army near the settlement of Mechora, said Yehoshua Mor-Yosef, spokesman for the settlers' organization. It was unclear if the wounded Israelis were soldiers or settlers. Mor-Yosef said the woman who died was a civilian. The army did not confirm the gunbattle but said soldiers were searching for more possible infiltrators. Israel Radio described soldiers moving through the settlement, where residents were under lock-down. The radio quoted residents as saying they saw more than one infiltrator, but had no official numbers. Yaakov Greenberg, a Jordan Valley Council official, told Israel Radio roads to the area were closed. He said at last one gunman entered the settlement through a fence. They make me think of mousquitos, swarming at a screen door on a summer night, trying to find a way in to get to the blood that's just waiting for them... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |