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| By: Associated Press |
| Published: October 9, 2006 |
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The Israeli army attacked and killed a Palestinian man on Monday who had a rocket launcher as he approached a field in northern Gaza where militants launched rockets at Israel, the army said.
Palestinian officials said the man killed was Mahmoud Abu Nasser, 23. It was not clear if he was a militant. Five others were wounded in the strike, officials said.
A Palestinian security official said a surface to surface missile hit a group of people carrying out suspicious activity in the area of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip. The official did not elaborate to what type of suspicious activity he was referring. The missile landed near a house causing damage, the official said.
Also Monday, soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian at the Hawara checkpoint outside of Nablus. The army said the man tried to attack the soldiers with a knife when they shot him.
Palestinian witnesses said the man, Mohammed Saadeh, 20, ran toward a car at the checkpoint when he was shot by three soldiers. They said they did not see him holding the knife, a small paring knife, but that soldiers later found it in his pocket.
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