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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