- (AFP) - 16-year-old Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli
fire in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.
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- Halima Udeh Abu Samahdaneh took a bullet to the head
when troops opened fire in the Shabura district of the impoverished town
close to the Israeli-controlled border with Egypt, Palestinian medics and
witnesses said Saturday.
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- Witnesses said it was unclear why the Israeli troops
had fired as there were no clashes under way at the time of the shooting.
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- An Israeli military source said he was unaware of the
shooting, but acknowledged that troops had opened fire elsewhere in Rafah
after the detonation of a roadside bomb.
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- The death brought the overall toll since the September
2000 start of the Palestinian intifada, or uprising, to 4,172, including
3,176 Palestinians and 925 Israelis, according to an AFP count.
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