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3 shot dead in northern Gaza
Ma`an News Agency
17/02/2011

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Three Palestinians were shot dead in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Israeli military officials informed Gaza authorities.

The three were said to have been killed near the evacuated Doget settlement, north of Beit Lahiya. A Palestinian official in Gaza said he was informed that the men were shot allegedly sneaking into Israel.

Medics were alerted and permitted by Israeli forces occupying the border region to enter the `no-go zone` to retrieve the bodies, spokesman of the higher committee of ambulance and emergency services Adham Abu Salmiya told Ma`an.

The same official told AFP that no weapons were found near the bodies of the men.

Beit Lahiya residents said they heard a helicopter flying and shots fired at approximately 2:15 a.m.

The retrieved bodies were transferred to the Kamal Odwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, where medics identified the slain as Jihad Fathi Khalaf, 20, Tal`at Ar-Ruwagh, 25, and Ashraf Eqtefan, 29.

Initial inquiries revealed that at least two of the men were fishers. Relatives later confirmed that all three worked on the sea.

The Israeli military spokesperson`s office released a statement late Thursday morning, saying the military had `thwart[ed a] terror attempt.`

The statement said a `number of Palestinian militants approaching the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip,` were identified by soldiers occupying the area, adding that the men were apparently trying to plant explosives.

`Thwarting the attempt, the force fired at the militants, hitting three of them,` the statement continued

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