"Israeli" Army kills 10-year-old boy

Source: Alalam.ir, 24-11-2006
GAZA, Palestinian Territories, --"Israeli" forces shot dead a 10-year-old Palestinian boy and a Hamas cameraman in Gaza on Friday, hospital officials said.
The latest "Israeli" ground and air offensive, about a week old, is part of ongoing efforts to exert further pressures on the elected Palestinian government of Hamas.
Palestinian factions in Gaza late on Thursday had offered to stop firing rockets if "Israel" halted military action in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. "Israel" rejected the offer.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told reporters it was up to "Israel" to respond positively.
"The issue should not be seen as if there is a Palestinian army with an arsenal of rockets ... The issue is that there is an unarmed Palestinian people who are subject to "Israeli" aggression," he said.
Palestinian hospital officials said the boy was shot dead east of the town of Beit Lahiya. "Israel`s" army said it was not aware of the incident. Hamas said the other martyred Palestinian was a cameraman.
"Israel" has martyred nearly 400 Palestinians in Gaza since it began its offensive in June.
Three "Israeli" soldiers have also been killed.
The fresh fighting coincides with a visit to Gaza by President Mahmoud Abbas of the once-dominant Fatah faction, who has been meeting Haniyeh to try to revive talks on forging a unity government.
Palestinians hope a unity government will convince Western nations to renew aid to the Palestinian Authority after sanctions were imposed because of Hamas`s refusal to recognize the Zionist regime.