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Rania Iyad Aram
Rania Iyad Aram was an 8-year-old Palestinian girl killed by the Israel Defense Forces on October 28, 2004. A resident of the Khan Yunis refugee camp in southern Gaza, she was walking to school when Israeli soldiers at an army outpost near the Jewish settlement of Ganei Tal killed her with random machine gun fire, according to witnesses. The Israeli army claimed that soldiers were firing toward an area where mortars were launched. Israeli Defense Force officials promised to investigate the incident.
See also
- Israeli violence against Palestinian children
- Israel Defense Forces: The Code of Conduct
- Palestine, Arab-Israeli conflict
- International law, Laws of war, War crime
- State Terrorism, Israeli terrorism
- Muhammed al-Dura, Ghadeer Jaber Mkheemar, Iman Darweesh Al Hams, Ibrahim Muhammad Ismail
External links
- Israeli troops Kill Palestinian Girl in Khan Younis (Al-Jazeera)
- 3 Palestinians, Israeli Soldier Killed (ABC News)
- Palestinian girl killed by Israeli troops, witnesses say (Canadian Broadcast Corporation)
- Givati soldier killed, six injured in Gaza Strip mortar attack (Haaretz)
- Sgt. Michael Chizhik, 21, laid to rest (Jerusalem Post)
Last updated: 10-11-2005 14:33:17
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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