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Israeli Troops Kill Boy, Three Militants in Gaza
2 hours, 46 minutes ago
By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed a 10-year-old Palestinian boy and three militants in Gaza on Friday as the army eased a West Bank blockade in a bid to bolster Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie ahead of possible peace moves.

The boy, Mahmoud al-Qayed, was killed by a shell fired by an Israeli tank in the Gaza Strip near the Israeli agricultural community of Nahal Oz while hunting for birds with a net tied to a string, a witness and medics said.

An Israeli military source said soldiers opened fire at suspicious figures handling an electric cable in an area where explosives are often planted against troops, and that one Palestinian was hit while two others fled.

The source said that while soldiers later found no explosives had been placed there, the zone is shut to Palestinian civilians.

"I fell to the ground with my foot bleeding and saw Mahmoud swimming in a pool of blood," said Nimir Abu Asaous, 22, who was wounded in the incident.

Palestinian medics said four other Palestinians hunting birds, a popular hobby among Gazan youth, have been killed by soldiers in the same area in recent months.

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