Cycle of Violence
Israel and Palestine
Much of the violence is under-reported leaving a distorted picture of the cycle of violence. From the start of the roadmap process, this blog will try to catalog any violence resulting in deaths on either side, as well as the number of wounded with one entry per event. It also includes violence against peace activists and charitable volunteers. Prior violence is cataloged for context only.
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Gaza: Israeli troops kill: 3 Pal teens dead
Excite News: "Israeli Troops Kill 3 Palestinian Teens | Apr 9, 3:33 PM (ET) | By IBRAHIM BARZAK

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli troops fired at a group of Palestinians in a southern Gaza Strip refugee camp Saturday, killing three teenagers in the deadliest incident in Gaza since Israel and the Palestinians declared a cease-fire two months ago.

The incident in the Rafah camp, located along the border with Egypt, shattered weeks of calm and added to tensions surrounding plans by Jewish extremists to march on a disputed holy site in Jerusalem.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said he was "shocked" by the shootings, and he claimed that they violated a truce agreement with Israel.

"The president severely condemns the killing, and considers it a violation of the truce that we agreed on" in Egypt on Feb. 8, a statement issued by Abbas' office said. "We will not accept our children being killed in this way." ...

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