Palestinian girl, 14, killed by "Israeli" Army fire near West Bank fence

Source: Haaretz, 20-12-2006
"Israeli" Army troops on Tuesday opened fire on two teenaged Palestinian girls approaching the separation fence near the West Bank town of Tul Karm, killing one and wounding the other.
The slain girl was identified as 14-year-old Da`ah Abed al-Kadr, and her wounded friend was named as 12-year-old Rasha Shalbi.
"Israeli" Army sources said troops opened fire when they noticed a suspicious figure approaching the fence, some 100 meters away. The commanding officer at the scene fired one shot into the air, and a soldier opened fire on the approaching figure.
The bullet penetrated al-Kadr in her hand, leaving her seriously wounded. She died on the way to the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva.
Palestinian sources said the second girl, Shalbi, was seriously wounded, but "Israeli" Army sources claimed she suffered only from shock.
Earlier Tuesday, undercover "Israeli" security forces in the West Bank shot dead two Palestinians in separate incidents Palestinian officials said.
They said Mohammed Minas, 23 in northern Tul Karm, was shot by undercover Border Police troops.
In the afternoon, an undercover border police unit raided the village of Zayde, northeast of Tul Karm, and infiltrated Minas` garage.
Army sources claimed that Minas noticed the troops, drew his pistol and was shot dead by the soldiers.
Earlier in the day, a special undercover "Israeli" police unit opened fire at three Palestinians near a hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus early Tuesday, killing one and wounding two, medical sources said.
The army claimed its troops identified a vehicle carrying three allegedly wanted men, surrounded it and opened fire when the men attempted to escape.
Another Israeli unit shot and killed a Palestinian identified as Alaa Anav, 24, and injured two others, while they were sitting in a car near the Ittihad hospital, the sources said.
"Israeli" media reported that the "Israeli" force attempted to arrest the three and claim to have opened fire when they tried to escape.
Witnesses reported that shortly after the shooting, a large army force raided the hospital to arrest the two wounded Palestinians and blocked entrances to the Balata refugee camp while it conducted military operations there.
According to "Israeli" Army sources, the men were planning self-sacrifice attacks in "Israel".