Israel kills women at mosque siege
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Israel kills women at mosque siege
Friday 03 November 2006, 15:40 Makka Time, 12:40 GMT
Two Palestinian women have been killed during a stand-off near a Gaza mosque while they were trying to rescue about 60 Palestinian men besieged inside.
The dramatic events came on the third day of an Israeli assault on the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the largest operation Israel has conducted in the Gaza Strip in months.
On Friday, about 200 Palestinian women marched towards the al-Nasir mosque in the town of Beit Hanoun, which Israeli forces surrounded on Thursday, in a attempt to rescue the men.
Israeli forces opened fire towards the women and two of them were killed. Six others were wounded.
Um Muhammad, a woman in her 40s, said after the rescue attempt: "We risked our lives to free our sons."
With Friday's shootings, at least 22 Palestinians have been killed since Israeli troops entered Beit Hanoun on Wednesday.
The Israeli army later confirmed that the Palestinian men had escaped from the mosque.
Shortly after they fled, the roof of the building, one of the oldest in Gaza according to locals, collapsed, witnesses and the Israeli army said.
The minaret was left standing, but most of the building was reduced to rubble.
The Israeli military, which earlier demolished a wall of the mosque compound and fired stun grenades and tear gas inside, said the collapse was the result of gunfire and damage done during the 12-hour siege.
Residents of the town of 30,000 people said Beit Hanoun was now effectively under an Israeli army curfew after infantry units backed by tanks stormed into the town on Wednesday.
At a Hamas rally after nightfall on Thursday in Gaza City, Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian prime minister, called the Israeli offensive "terrorism".
Israel's offensive, called Operation Autumn Clouds, began on Wednesday and is aimed partly at halting the barrage of rockets into Israeli territory.
Despite the Israeli assault, Palestinian fighters still managed to fire six homemade missiles at the Israeli border town of Sderot on Thursday, wounding at least two people, medical officials said.
Overnight on Wednesday, eight Palestinians were killed in the Israeli raids, including at least five fighters, four of whom were from Hamas' armed wing, witnesses said.
An Israeli soldier was also killed during the Beit Hanoun operation. Hamas' armed wing said it had killed the Israeli soldier and wounded several others.
More than 280 Palestinians have been killed in the four-month-old offensive, about half of them civilians, while three Israeli soldiers have died.
Friday 03 November 2006, 15:40 Makka Time, 12:40 GMT
Two Palestinian women have been killed during a stand-off near a Gaza mosque while they were trying to rescue about 60 Palestinian men besieged inside.
The dramatic events came on the third day of an Israeli assault on the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the largest operation Israel has conducted in the Gaza Strip in months.
On Friday, about 200 Palestinian women marched towards the al-Nasir mosque in the town of Beit Hanoun, which Israeli forces surrounded on Thursday, in a attempt to rescue the men.
Israeli forces opened fire towards the women and two of them were killed. Six others were wounded.
Um Muhammad, a woman in her 40s, said after the rescue attempt: "We risked our lives to free our sons."
With Friday's shootings, at least 22 Palestinians have been killed since Israeli troops entered Beit Hanoun on Wednesday.
The Israeli army later confirmed that the Palestinian men had escaped from the mosque.
Shortly after they fled, the roof of the building, one of the oldest in Gaza according to locals, collapsed, witnesses and the Israeli army said.
The minaret was left standing, but most of the building was reduced to rubble.
The Israeli military, which earlier demolished a wall of the mosque compound and fired stun grenades and tear gas inside, said the collapse was the result of gunfire and damage done during the 12-hour siege.
Residents of the town of 30,000 people said Beit Hanoun was now effectively under an Israeli army curfew after infantry units backed by tanks stormed into the town on Wednesday.
At a Hamas rally after nightfall on Thursday in Gaza City, Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian prime minister, called the Israeli offensive "terrorism".
Israel's offensive, called Operation Autumn Clouds, began on Wednesday and is aimed partly at halting the barrage of rockets into Israeli territory.
Despite the Israeli assault, Palestinian fighters still managed to fire six homemade missiles at the Israeli border town of Sderot on Thursday, wounding at least two people, medical officials said.
Overnight on Wednesday, eight Palestinians were killed in the Israeli raids, including at least five fighters, four of whom were from Hamas' armed wing, witnesses said.
An Israeli soldier was also killed during the Beit Hanoun operation. Hamas' armed wing said it had killed the Israeli soldier and wounded several others.
More than 280 Palestinians have been killed in the four-month-old offensive, about half of them civilians, while three Israeli soldiers have died.
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Of course not. I mean, these weren't American o Israeli women so why should you give a fuck?