 Israeli soldiers have killed a senior militant from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades as he was talking to a British journalist in the West Bank city of Nablus. Mohammad Alasi was talking with the British reporter when Israeli soldiers burst into the room.
| "Hi, there, Mohammad! Sharon says to say hello! [BANG!]" |
The troops shot the Nablus leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades dead and then took his body. Palestinian officials say Alasi was shot five times and his body was later found in a garden.
| "[BANG! BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]" |
The British journalist is reportedly in shock.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Jewish settlers opposed to the Israeli government's planned Gaza pullout have been forcibly removed from the main crossing into the Gaza settlement bloc. The protesters were trying to enter the area in an effort to thwart next month's pullout. |