Layla Awda was in a "moderate" condition after being shot in the thigh by a live bullet in the Rafah area near the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, they said.
Israeli
Soldiers Shot Layla Awda, A TV Reporter for Abu Dhabi Satellite
Television
April 20, 2001
| Israeli soldiers shot a
Palestinian journalist working with Abu Dhabi satellite television as she
was covering damage caused by recent Israeli raids on the southern Gaza
Strip, medical sources said.
Layla Awda was in a "moderate" condition after being shot in the thigh by a live bullet in the Rafah area near the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, they said. |
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In Abu Dhabi, the network accused Israel of
deliberately targeting journalists.
Another journalist working for Palestinian
television, Mona Akawi, was shot at on Thursday near the Netzarim Jewish
settlement south of Gaza City, but the bullet tore her clothing without injuring
her, her colleagues said.
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