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Palestinian medical sources said Hatem al-Ajla was struck in the back by Israeli bullets |
GAZA
CITY, November 30 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - A 16-year-old
Palestinian was killed Saturday, November 30, by Israeli gunfire in
Gaza City, as Israel warned its citizens abroad to be extra vigilant
following the twin attacks in Kenya.
Palestinian
medical sources said Hatem al-Ajla was struck in the back by Israeli
bullets, but no details were given on the circumstances of his death,
according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
They
said that he was killed near an Israeli security fence. The
(occupation) army claimed it was checking the report, according to
Israeli daily Ha’aretz.
The
death brought to 2,732 the number of people killed since the start of
the Palestinian Intifada against the Israeli occupation 26 months ago,
including 2,004 Palestinians and 678 Israelis.
Meanwhile,
Israelis were warned to be extra vigilant following the anti-Israel
attacks in Kenya.
The
alert, issued by the Foreign Ministry, came two days after a car
bombing at a resort hotel in the eastern African country killed 13
people, including three Israelis, and a missile attack which barely
missed a tourist-packed Israeli charter plane.
The
Ministry singled not only Kenya, but also Egypt's Sinai peninsula, as
possible high danger spots. Both are popular holiday destinations for
Israelis. It also named South Africa, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The
warning of "danger of terrorist attacks" advised Israelis to
be discreet when traveling in groups to hotels, restaurants and
tourist attractions or when discussing politics.
For
his part, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, resoundingly reelected
this week as head of his Likud party, vowed Friday, November 29, to
avenge the victims of the attacks, and tasked the Mossad (Israel's
intelligence service) with tracking down the perpetrators.
As
Hercules transport planes arrived Friday with more Israelis who had
asked to be flown back from Kenya, the government was wondering how it
could strike back at its new mysterious enemy.
"We
will not give in to terror," said Sharon. "Israel will go
after those who spilled the blood of its citizens."
One
of his advisers claimed there were similarities between the Mombasa
attack and the October bombing in Bali that killed 190 people.
He
said the work of investigators would be difficult, as the operation
could have involved several groups.
"In
Mombasa, we cannot rule out the scenario where a group, in this case
perhaps Al-Qaeda, acted as a subcontractor for a Palestinian
organization," Zalman Shoval alleged.
A
U.S. official in Kenya said a Somali Islamic group known as Al-Ittihad
al-Islami, with links to Al-Qaeda and a suspected presence in Kenya,
could be responsible.
The
latest violence, reminiscent of the wave of attacks on Israelis in the
1970s and 1980s, raised tensions in the Middle East, which U.S.
President George W. Bush hoped would remain relatively quiet as his
administration looks to unseat the regime in Iraq.
But
even as the bloodshed spiraled, Sharon looked well on course to be
re-elected Prime Minister in the January 28 legislative elections.
All
recent opinion polls predict that the 74-year-old Sharon, whose Likud
campaign sought to establish him as a "responsible
statesman" needed by the country in times of crisis, will defeat
Labor's dovish new leader Amram Mitzna.
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