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Israeli Troops Assassinate Palestinian in Nablus
Monday, October 15, 2001

NABLUS, West Bank -- IslamOnline & News Agencies
Israeli troops Sunday shot dead a Palestinian man they accuse of organizing the deadliest bombing in the past year, even as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was due to finally ease the blockade on Palestinian territories, news agencies reported.

The shooting of Abdul Rahman Hamad, 35, in Kalkilya on the West Bank near the administrative boundary with the Jewish state, was the first time Israel has reverted to its much-criticized and oft-used policy of liquidating Palestinians since a truce deal was struck three weeks ago.

Such assassinations, which Israel terms "targeted killings", has been part and parcel of Israel's attempts to quell Palestinian resistance to illegal Israeli occupation, the latest of which has claimed the lives of over 700 Palestinians, the majority of whom are under 18.

Israel accused Hamad, a leader of the armed wing of the anti-occupation resistance group Hamas, of organizing the June 1st attack on a Tel Aviv nightclub that killed 22 people, as well as the bomber.

The killing sent a tremor through preparations for an accord to ease restrictions.
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