Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Suspected of Planting Bomb near Gaza Border

  • 2/23/2020
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Israeli forces on Sunday shot dead a Palestinian suspected of placing a bomb near the Gaza border, before extracting his body with a bulldozer, the army said. The Palestinian “Islamic Jihad” said the man was one of its members, but it did not disclose what he was doing in the area. In a statement, the Israeli military said soldiers opened fire at two Palestinians placing an explosive device next to the fence in the Hamas-run enclave. It said one of the men was killed and a military bulldozer removed his body. Following the incident, a video from Gaza emerged showing a bulldozer approaching the body as young, apparently unarmed men, were trying to collect it. The sound of gunfire is heard and the men ultimately run away as the bulldozer collects the body. A tank can be seen positioned nearby. Witnesses and health officials said two other Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire directed at a group of people that had approached the area and tried to recover the body. The Gaza health ministry said that two civilians were wounded by Israeli gunfire at the scene. Hawkish Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has pursued a policy of retaining the bodies of fighters from Gaza as bargaining chips to pressure Hamas, which has been holding the bodies of two Israeli soldiers since 2014.

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