3 Palestinians killed by "Israeli" occupation troops

Source: Al-Manar TV, 27-4-2007
"Israeli" occupation troops shot dead three members of the Islamic resistance of Hamas`s armed wing and wounded a fourth in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, a Palestinian medical source said. The incident took place northwest of Gaza City and near the security barrier between occupied territories and Gaza, said emergency medical services Chief Dr. Maawia Hassanin.
The armed wing of the Palestinian party Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said on its Internet site that the three dead "were martyred during a jihad (holy war) operation."
It named two of them as Said Bassam Hellis, 21, and Abdel Halim al-Fayyumi, 27. Hassanin said the third man was 24-year-old Mohammed al-Fiqi. The incident was confirmed by the "Israeli" occupation army.
""Israeli" soldiers spotted four armed Palestinians trying to place an explosive charge next to the security barrier between Gaza and "Israel", and shot them down," a spokeswoman claimed.