Gaza City, Sept 17: An Egyptian using a false Palestinian Identity card was shot dead today by Israeli troops near a military roadblock in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
The man, who was said by the Israelis to have been armed, was killed between Deir al Balah and Khan Yunis, security sources said.
The man, who was initially identified as a Palestinian due to the identity card found on his body, was later discovered to be an Egyptian national using the Identity card of a Palestinian man unconnected to the affair, Palestinian medical sources and witnesses said.
Abdul Fatah said Abdu, 27, entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt in December 2000, some three months after the start of the Intifada, or Palestinian uprising, in a bid to fight alongside the Palestinians, witnesses said.
His death brings to 2,496 the number of people killed as a direct result of the Intifada, including 1,842 Palestinians and 604 Israelis, the remainder being foreign nationals.


Bureau Report