Posted on 09/12/2005 12:05:47 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy
Egyptian border policemen on Monday shot and killed a Palestinian south of Rafah, Palestinian Authority security sources reported. Another three people were wounded in the incident, the first of its kind since Israel completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip this morning.
The sources identified the victim as 34-year-old Nafez Atiyeh. They said Egyptian soldiers opened fire at a group of Palestinian men who were trying cross the border into Egypt.
Dr. Ali Mussa, director of the Khan Yunis Hospital, said Atiyeh had been shot in the head and died instantly.
In Cairo, a spokesman for President Hosni Mubarak denied that Egyptian soldiers had opened fire at Palestinians neat the border with the Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses said thousands of Palestinians from Rafah and Khan Yunis crossed the border with Egypt during the day to meet relatives and friends on the other side. They added that Egyptian soldiers stationed along the border did not prevent many families from crossing into the Egyptian part of Rafah.
The shooting apparently took place after gunmen from Hamas and Islamic Jihad approached Egyptian security control towers, the eyewitnesses added. "There were too many armed men in the area and that's why some of the Egyptian soldiers opened fire," said one.
In another incident, five Palestinian teenagers from Khan Yunis drowned in the sea near the former settlement of Neve Dekalim. Hundreds of Palestinians rushed to the beach on Monday morning, complaining that they had been prevented from swimming for more than four years.
Israel has tried to give Gaza to Egypt on several occasions. They didn't want it.
LOL! Figures. That pig Arafat did nothing but oppress his people, brainwash them, and make them terrorists. Everywhere palis go they are persona non grata because they terrorize the local populace. Fat's like the Arab version of the US's liberal race pimps, inciting hatred and violencefor their own power. We'll see if they ever rise above that or end up with Israelis tank rolling in, again.
Being an Arab means never having to punch a time clock.
I have never seen or heard this before. Do you have a source?I'd like to know more.
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