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Sun November 11, 2012
Jerusalem (CNN) -- A 13-year-old Palestinian boy in Gaza was fatally shot Thursday, the Gaza Health Ministry said.
A spokesman for the ministry accused the Israel Defense Forces of killing the boy. "Hameed Abu Daqqa was killed by an Israeli military helicopter after being shot in the head while playing football with his friends east of Khan Younis," ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra told CNN.
Read more: Gaza truce gets off to a shaky start
Israeli Military Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich told CNN that the IDF could not confirm they were responsible for the shooting. "There is no information that the IDF targeted a person," he said.
The shooting happened around noon and the Palestinian teenager died in the hospital, the Gaza ministry spokesman said.
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Funeral services were held Friday for a 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot and killed while playing soccer in Gaza a day earlier.
A spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry accused the Israel Defense Forces of killing the boy, identified as Ahmed Abu Daqa.
Read more: Gaza truce gets off to a shaky start
Initially, the ministry said the boy was shot in the head by an Israeli helicopter. Witnesses disputed that account Friday, saying the boy was shot in the side and the gunfire came from Israeli military vehicles.
Israeli Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich told CNN that an initial investigation by the military "did not indicate the Israeli military had any connection to the shooting." She said the military was reviewing video footage of the area and so far had not seen anybody in the area where the shooting is said to have occurred.
A 13-year-old Palestinian boy was reportedly killed by Israeli fire on Thursday in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported. Some reports also claimed that three Palestinians were injured in the strike near Khan Younis.
The IDF said it was not aware of the incident and was investigating the report.
Hamid Younis Abu Daqqa was hit by “machine gun fire, either from Israeli helicopters or tanks” east of Khan Younis, the Palestinian Ma’an news agency quoted Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra saying.
He was pronounced dead at a Khan Younis hospital, the Wafa news agency reported.
Wafa also reported that four IDF bulldozers and six tanks pushed 400 meters into the Gaza Strip as part of the operation.
Earlier on Thursday, IDF soldiers exchanged fire with Palestinian terrorists from Gaza.
According to initial reports, a work crew came under fire near Kibbutz Nirim on the Gaza border and the soldiers returned fire.
Tanks and attack helicopters were dispatched to the scene and opened fire toward suspicious areas.
The body of a a young Palestinian boy, Ahmed Abu Dagah, is at the morgue of a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The boy died during a clash between the Popular Resistance Committees and IDF soldiers.
Palestinian man look at the body of Ahmed Abu Dagah, who was killed by gunfire from Israeli forces, at the morgue of a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 8, 2012. Gunfire from Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy, Abu Dagah, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, local medics said, during border clashes between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants. Israeli military officials said soldiers who were engaged in ''routine activity'' adjacent to the security fence came under attack from Palestinian militants and responded ''by firing at suspicious locations. Photo by Ali Jadallah
Palestinian witnesses and medics said that Israel Defense Forces soldiers opened fire on the funeral of two Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, killing a 12-year-old boy and wounding seven other people.
An IDF source said troops guarding a nearby settlement fired toward dozens of Palestinians who entered a restricted area away from the funeral procession, after ignoring warning shots to stop.
Palestinian witnesses said soldiers opened fire near the cemetery in the town of Khan Yunis when children went to throw stones during the burial of a Gaza-based militant leader and his assistant killed Thursday in an IDF strike.
Witnesses said 20,000 people, including gunmen firing in the air, marched in the funeral procession. They said IDF gunfire erupted sporadically as the men were being buried after children went to throw stones toward a nearby army post.
Doctors said a boy believed to be about 12 years old died of a gunshot to the head and three other children were among the wounded, including a 13-year-old boy in critical condition.
The IDF source said troops fired only at a phalanx of adults walking in front of children marching toward a security fence and refusing orders to turn back.
The source said soldiers were aware of having hit only one person. He said Palestinians had often entered the restricted area before to plant bombs or infiltrate IDF positions.
WATCH: Popular Resistance Committees' military wing fire missile at Israeli jeep; four soldiers were wounded in the attack near the Israel-Gaza border on Saturday.....
....Four IDF soldiers were wounded when the jeep was struck by an anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip. Six Palestinians were killed in ensuing IDF strikes and shelling of the Gaza Strip in response, and rocket fire on southern Israel has been ongoing since Saturday's incident. Since a statement by Gaza militant groups on Monday that they would enter a truce if Israel ended all military operations in the Strip, however, there has been relative quiet.
Originally posted by Swills
reply to post by Kargun
Yeah you're missing the point or derailing (and by your rambling I say the latter) but from the looks of it Israel may have fired first and now your little nation is thinking about striking Iran cause they gave Hamas shiny new rockets. A strike on Iran, yeah that's a good idea......
edit on 16-11-2012 by Swills because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Razimus
Originally posted by Swills
reply to post by Kargun
Yeah you're missing the point or derailing (and by your rambling I say the latter) but from the looks of it Israel may have fired first and now your little nation is thinking about striking Iran cause they gave Hamas shiny new rockets. A strike on Iran, yeah that's a good idea......
edit on 16-11-2012 by Swills because: (no reason given)
Israel did *NOT* fire first, their entire purpose of firing, is well documented, for the purpose of, A; destroy the source of the rockets that have been fired against us. Nice attempt at derailing yourself, but it's a Fail.
Originally posted by Swills
Originally posted by Razimus
Originally posted by Swills
reply to post by Kargun
Yeah you're missing the point or derailing (and by your rambling I say the latter) but from the looks of it Israel may have fired first and now your little nation is thinking about striking Iran cause they gave Hamas shiny new rockets. A strike on Iran, yeah that's a good idea......
edit on 16-11-2012 by Swills because: (no reason given)
Israel did *NOT* fire first, their entire purpose of firing, is well documented, for the purpose of, A; destroy the source of the rockets that have been fired against us. Nice attempt at derailing yourself, but it's a Fail.
They didn't fire first says who? Fact is a boy was shot and killed playing soccer in Gaza. Reports and witnesses point to the IDF. The IDF say it is innocent. This scenario we've seen before, right? Both sides are dirty and it's really hard for some of us to take either at their word. So you say this has all been well documented, by that do you mean this boys death or just the rocket attacks in general?edit on 17-11-2012 by Swills because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Dr Expired
reply to post by Kargun
You dove war weary British soldiers out of Palestine by blowing up Hotels and murdering them by sniper attack.
You drove millions of palestinians out of their homeland by chicken shoot machine gun massacres.
Get real.
Your reaquiring of Israel after approx 2000 years was done by mass murder.
Ok its got what you want ..you probably live in a ara formerly palestinian...but you appear to have no contrition..no conscience....we cannot teach you that..you are brainwashed...goood luck to you in the name of GOD.
Originally posted by Razimus
Originally posted by Swills
Originally posted by Razimus
Originally posted by Swills
reply to post by Kargun
Yeah you're missing the point or derailing (and by your rambling I say the latter) but from the looks of it Israel may have fired first and now your little nation is thinking about striking Iran cause they gave Hamas shiny new rockets. A strike on Iran, yeah that's a good idea......
edit on 16-11-2012 by Swills because: (no reason given)
Israel did *NOT* fire first, their entire purpose of firing, is well documented, for the purpose of, A; destroy the source of the rockets that have been fired against us. Nice attempt at derailing yourself, but it's a Fail.
They didn't fire first says who? Fact is a boy was shot and killed playing soccer in Gaza. Reports and witnesses point to the IDF. The IDF say it is innocent. This scenario we've seen before, right? Both sides are dirty and it's really hard for some of us to take either at their word. So you say this has all been well documented, by that do you mean this boys death or just the rocket attacks in general?edit on 17-11-2012 by Swills because: (no reason given)
Further attempted derailment, Israel did *NOT* fire first, period.
As for the boy, all war is sad, death is sad, especially youth, the boy had nothing to do with those in charge that decided to fire rockets at Israel, the boy is innocent and it is a sad thing, but mixing lies with news for political purposes is a fail.