Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Militant plot backfires in Gaza Strip bombing: Bomb intended for Israeli dozer kills three Palestinians instead

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Three militants attacking an Israeliarmored bulldozer inadvertently killed three other Palestinians todayduring an Israeli operation to destroy weapons-smuggling tunnels fromEgypt.

The roadside bomb in the Rafah refugee camp went off a few yardsfrom where the bulldozer was piling up dirt in a crowded residentialarea, according to Associated Press Television News. No Israelis wereinjured but three Palestinian men 200 yards away were hit byshrapnel, one so severely it took off half his skull.

Ten people were wounded, including a Reuters TV cameraman,according to witnesses and hospital officials.

The violence came a day after vigilantes …

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