Israel kills six Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

26 12 2009

Yesterday - 10.25 Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinians in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, in the most serious violence in recent months. Continue reading this Story Three of the dead belonged to the Fatah movement of President Mahmoud Abbas and his top aide said that the killings are an attempt by Israel to increase tensions and hinder U.S. efforts for peace talks. The violence comes on the eve of the anniversary of the war in which last year were killed in three weeks 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis. Peace talks have been frozen since then. An Israeli military spokesman said troops killed three Palestinians attempting to infiltrate from Gaza, the West Bank and three other militants accused of killing a Jewish settler in a shooting Thursday. A Hamas security source said the three killed in Gaza were civilians who were collecting metal for the road near the border with Israel. In the West Bank, doctors and witnesses said the soldiers surrounded the homes of three of the Martyrs Brigades al-Aqsa, Fatah's armed wing, and killed them. The two incidents have angered Palestinian leaders. "This grave Israeli escalation shows that Israel is not interested in peace and even of trying to blow up the situation," said Reuters Nabil Abu Rdainah, a close aide to Abbas. "Israel is hampering U.S. and international efforts to resume peace talks," he added. An Israeli military spokesman said troops had launched a "surgical strikes to capture the perpetrators in the operation of a shooting and that three of them are dead. "- The other news site www.reuters.it Reuters in Italian. The top news also on www.twitter.com / reuters_italia


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