gelatik
04.02.03, 13:32
As Israeli President Moshe Katsav Monday, February 3, kicked off talks on the
formation of a new governing coalition after hawkish Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon’s big poll win, two Palestinian farmers were killed by Israeli tank
fire in the southern Gaza Strip.
The two victims were killed by Israeli occupation forces as they were working
in their fields, Palestinian security and medical officials said, reported
Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Heavy machinegun fire from the tank killed Salem Qdeha, 60, and Zuheir Abu
Shaab, 35, and wounded another man and a woman, the sources said.
The Palestinians were working in their fields in the area of Absan el-
Kabeera, east of Khan Yunis and close to the Green Line (boundary) with
Israel, when the tanks opened fire, they added.
