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Zionazi Occupation Forces Kill 14-Month-Old Baby With Poison Gas |
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by Tim
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26 Sep 2002
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HEBRON-Thursday, September 26 2002 - A 14-month-old Palestinian baby was killed Thursday, after suffocating by Poison gas fired by Israeli occupation soldiers, medical sources and eyewitnesses said |
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As occupation forces re-imposed a curfew in a crowded Palestinian market place in Hebron, they threw grenades and poison gas canisters amongst shoppers.
The infant, Gharam Mana'a, was in the market with her grandmother when the poison gas was fired, witnesses said. The grandmother carried the baby, wrapped in blankets, to an ambulance, AP reported.
Sources at Alia Government Hospital said the baby girl had suffocated from toxic gas and arrived dead at the hospital's infant section.
Dr. Mohammed Asinat said the girl appeared to have succumbed to tear gas and had sustained a bruise in the head from a flying canister.
Shoppers said they were surprised when zionazi occupation troops re-imposed the curfew suddenly. Manaa's grandmother was injured in the chest, while eight others sustained different wounds.
Meanwhile, Palestinian security sources and eyewitness reports said at least 30 Israeli tanks and two armored bulldozers raided the northern Gaza Strip Thursday.
Troops ordered residents to evacuate a building apparently about to be demolished and the bulldozers began tearing up agricultural land near Beit Hanoun, adjacent to the Erez border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, wires relayed.
In another incident, Ghaleb abu-Jbara was shot by occupation forces north of occupied Tulkarem, and was left to bleed for hours before he died.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli soldiers denied ambulances access to the 27-year-old man, who was drilled with machine gun shots. |
