One of the Palestinian woman who ringed a mosque in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun fell to the ground after being wounded. Suhaib Salem/Reuters
Israel Kills 2 Women During Mosque Siege
JERUSALEM, Nov. 3 — Israeli troops fired at a large crowd of unarmed Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip today as the women approached a mosque to help Palestinian militants holed up inside. Two women were killed and about 10 were injured, according to hospital workers.
“Holed up inside”?
Yesterday, the Daily Star reported the men took refuge there “after the Israeli Army ordered all men between the ages of 16 and 45 to come to a local stadium.”
Palestinian women shot dead in Gaza mosque siege
4 November 2006 Reuters
Reuters television footage showed Israeli forces opening fire and one of the women fall dead. At least 10 were wounded.
The Israeli army said it had fired at armed Palestinians and was investigating whether it had also shot the women. The army said it had film showing armed men among the women, which it described as human shields.
The footage filmed by Reuters showed no men among the crowds of women when the first shots were fired.