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Israeli Gunfire Kills UK Cameraman in Gaza - Radio
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -
Israeli forces demolishing a
Palestinian home in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) shot and killed a
British documentary cameraman Friday, Israel Radio said.
It said troops failed to revive James Miller after he was hit
during a night-time exchange of fire with Palestinian gunmen in
Rafah, a flash point refugee camp on the border with Egypt.
Palestinian witnesses said the shooting was unprovoked and
that Miller was shot despite identifying himself as a foreign
journalist.
"We got close to the area and filmed, but we couldn't leave
because an (Israeli) tank was around 100 meters (yards) from
where we stood," Abdel-Rahman Abdullah, a freelance Palestinian
journalist who saw the incident, told Reuters by telephone.
"We were very visible to the troops, with a white flag and
'TV' markings on our vests, but still the troops opened fire,
hitting James Miller," he said.
An Israeli military source denied that any foreigners were
targeted, and said troops fired only after an anti-tank missile
was fired at their vehicles, causing no damage.
The Palestinian home targeted for demolition concealed a
tunnel used by militants to smuggle arms from Egypt, the
military source said.
A spokesman for the British embassy in Tel Aviv said he was
aware of the incident but declined to give details.
Dozens of foreign journalists have fallen casualty while
reporting on the Palestinian uprising for independence in the
West Bank and Gaza, which erupted in September 2000.
Abdullah said Miller and two colleagues were in Rafah
making a documentary on how children had been affected by the
violence.
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