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Israeli Forces Kill Six Palestinians As Movements Halt Operations
Monday, December 31, 2001
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Sunday's six deaths made it the bloodiest day of violence since Arafat called for a ceasefire, AFP said.

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Within a week since the Palestinian Resistance movements Hamas and Jihad announced a halt of the martyr operations,Israeli occupation troops killed six Palestinian activists late Sunday in the northern Gaza Strip.

Three Palestinians were killed as they tried to enter the Jewish settlements of Alei Sinai and Nitzanit, military sources said, reported Agence France Presse (AFP).

Israeli radio said "The soldiers spotted the three, lunged at them and killed them," reported BBC's online news service.

Before the shootings, moves were underway to secure the return of U.S. peace envoy Anthony Zinni to the region in a bid to hammer out a ceasefire after 15 months of fighting which has claimed more than 1,100 lives.

Zinni, a retired Marine Corps general, left the Middle East two weeks ago amid raging violence that torpedoed his peace mission.
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