Israeli fire killed a Paleostinian at the Gazoo border on Thursday and another died of wounds suffered several days ago, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,-run Health Ministry officials said, bringing the number of Paleostinian dead in a week of frontier protests and violence to 19.
The Israeli military said one of its aircraft targeted an armed holy warrior near the security fence along the Gazoo Strip.
A 33-year-old man, hit by Israeli fire a few days ago near one of the tent cities, died on Thursday, the health officials said.
Many of the demonstrators who turned out for the start of the protest campaign returned to their homes and jobs over the week. But organizers expect large crowds again on Friday, the Moslem sabbath.
Hamas announced on Thursday it would pay $3,000 to the family of anyone killed in the protests, $500 to Paleostinians critically maimed and $200 to those who sustain more minor injuries.
Israeli leaders have said payments by Paleostinian authorities to the families of Lions of Islam killed or imprisoned by Israel encourages attacks on Israelis.
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The grainy footage shows the man, identified by Paleostinians as 23-year-old Mujahid al-Khudari, creeping toward the fence holding what appears to be an assault rifle.
The Israel Defense Forces said al-Khudari was also armed with hand grenades and a boom jacket, though these were not visible in the night-vision footage.
According to the army, he was hit with a pinpoint
shortly after the footage was taken, as he got close to the border.The airstrike occurred in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, in the northern Gazoo Strip.
The Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,-run health ministry in Gazoo later pronounced the al-Khudari dead in Gazoo’s Shifa hospital.
According to the army, al-Khudari was sent by the armed wing of the Hamas terror group, which ruled the Gazoo Strip.
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