[[{"content_id":"101572","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"29","user_id":"1","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"19 Palestinians Martyred in Gaza","content_number":"0","content_date_event":"2008-04-16 20:41:00","content_summary":"","content_summary_fill":"0","content_body":" \r\nZionist regime's army attacked a series of targets throughout the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, martyred at least 19 Palestinians, including a Reuter's cameraman in an airstrike while filming Israeli tank movements, medical officials said. Three Israeli troops died in separate fighting.\r\nIn the deadliest incident, an Israeli helicopter fired four missiles at targets near the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. At least 11 Palestinians, including two youths, were martyred, said Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Palestinian Health Ministry.\r\nThe Reuters cameraman, Fadal Shana, was apparently killed along with two bystanders in an airstrike in the same area, according to his colleagues and medics.\r\nCameramen who rushed to the scene said they saw the Reuters jeep on fire, and Shana's body lying next to the jeep, alongside other casualties. They said Shana's jeep was marked as ``press'' and that the cameraman was wearing an identifying flak jacket.\r\nAs colleagues rushed toward Shana, another missile was fired, said Wissam Nassar, a photographer of Maan news agency. ``There was an airstrike. We were thrown back, myself and another person.'' \r\nDozens of Palestinian journalists went to the hospital where Shana was pronounced dead to pay their respects. In all, four journalists have been killed covering the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.\r\nIsraeli army confirmed a helicopter had targeted a group of gunmen in Bureij, but had no comment on the cameraman's death.\r\nReuters said that Shana, 23, was killed by an explosion while covering the Israeli-Palestinian fighting. Soundman Wafa Abu Mizyed, also in his 20s, escaped unhurt and was treated for shock, the news agency said.\r\nReuters Editor-in-Chief David Schlesinger called for an investigation into the incident.\r\nIn other violence, Palestinian activists ambushed an Israeli ground force in northern Gaza, killing three troops, the army said.\r\nThe operation occurred near the Nahal Oz terminal.","content_html":"

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Zionist regime's army attacked a series of targets throughout the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, martyred at least 19 Palestinians, including a Reuter's cameraman in an airstrike while filming Israeli tank movements, medical officials said. Three Israeli troops died in separate fighting.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

In the deadliest incident, an Israeli helicopter fired four missiles at targets near the Bureij refugee camp in central <\/span>Gaza<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. At least 11 Palestinians, including two youths, were martyred, said Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Palestinian Health Ministry.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

The Reuters cameraman, Fadal Shana, was apparently killed along with two bystanders in an airstrike in the same area, according to his colleagues and medics.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

Cameramen who rushed to the scene said they saw the Reuters jeep on fire, and Shana's body lying next to the jeep, alongside other casualties. They said Shana's jeep was marked as ``press'' and that the cameraman was wearing an identifying flak jacket.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

As colleagues rushed toward Shana, another missile was fired, said Wissam Nassar, a photographer of Maan news agency. ``There was an airstrike. We were thrown back, myself and another person.'' <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Dozens of Palestinian journalists went to the hospital where Shana was pronounced dead to pay their respects. In all, four journalists have been killed covering the <\/span>West Bank<\/span><\/st1:place> and Gaza Strip since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

Israeli army confirmed a helicopter had targeted a group of gunmen in Bureij, but had no comment on the cameraman's death.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

Reuters said that Shana, 23, was killed by an explosion while covering the Israeli-Palestinian fighting. Soundman Wafa Abu Mizyed, also in his 20s, escaped unhurt and was treated for shock, the news agency said.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

Reuters Editor-in-Chief David Schlesinger called for an investigation into the incident.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

In other violence, Palestinian activists ambushed an Israeli ground force in northern <\/span>Gaza<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, killing three troops, the army said.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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