NABLUS,
April 23 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Israeli occupation
forces killed four Palestinians, including a university professor, in
separate aggression in the West Bank Friday, April 23.
The
family of Yasser Abu Leimun, 32, said he was killed in Talluza, north of
the northern West Bank city of Nablus, reported Agence France-Presse
(AFP).
His
wife said Abu Leimun was a university professor and not known for his
political affiliations.
She
added he was outside his house when a stray Israeli bullet killed him,
asserting that Israeli troops prevented an ambulance from evacuating
him to a nearby hospital.
An
Israeli army spokeswoman claimed he was part of a group of four
"wanted" fighters and a member of Hamas.
"Forces
conducted an operation to arrest four wanted militants. When they
opened fire at us, we returned fire and one of them was killed,"
she alleged.
More
Killed
Earlier
Friday, Israeli troops killed three members of Fatah movement in
Qalqiliya in the north of the West Bank, Palestinian medical sources
said.
The
three were shot by a "special unit" disguised as
Palestinians who arrived in an unmarked car, Palestinian security
sources said.
A
fourth Palestinian, Atef Shaaban, head of the Fatah military arm,
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, was seriously wounded by the Israeli unit.
The
Israeli military spokesman confirmed the killings.
The
latest death brings the overall toll since the September 2000 start of
the Palestinian Intifadah against occupation, to 3,937, including
2,968 Palestinians and 899 Israelis.
Two
Girls Killed
Friday attacks came as residents of the northern Gaza Strip city of
Beit Lahia paid last respects to two girls killed by Israeli forces
Thursday.
A
four-year-old girl died of tear-gas inhalation, Mahmoud al-Assali, the
director of Jabalya hospital in Gaza, told the Reuters news agency.
"Her
skin had turned blue as a result of her inability to breathe and she
soon died," he said.
An
11-year-old girl, Mona Abu Tabak, was also killed by Israeli fire,
Palestinian medical sources said.
This
came hours after a 16-year-old boy was also killed during a third day
of sweep into Beit Lahia.
Israel
came under fire for shooting dead Palestinian children unprovoked on
the pretext of throwing stones on armed-to-the-teeth occupation
soldiers.
