This looks like a hit to me:
Palestinian gunmen turned their weapons away from each other and towards Israel Monday evening, hurling grenades and opening fire towards IDF soldiers manning the Erez Crossing.
The troops responded with fire. At least one Palestinian was killed – a senior member of Fatah, and a number more were wounded. Palestinian sources said all the casualties were hurt by Palestinian gunfire.
None of the Israeli soldiers were hurt in the incident.
Palestinians identified the casualty as Jihad al-Madhoun, a Fatah activist wanted by Hamas who was apparently specifically targeted.
At first glance, it seems like the Palestinians were trying to make a break through the crossing. But then the article details this:
An initial investigation of the incident found that the Palestinian gunmen reached the crossing from the Palestinian side and open fire towards the crowds gathered there.
The fire endangered the IDF troops at the crossing, and so they responded by opening fire in return.
Funny how the dead man just happens to be high up on a Hamas hit list, isn’t it?
It was a hit. Hamas is so ballsy right now, they hit Fatah in front of the IDF, while trying to make it look like the IDF caused the casualties.
Ha’aretz has more:
Palestinian sources said a gunman on a bicycle came close to the area where the civilians were waiting and threw a grenade and fired several bursts at the people.
[…] Masked Hamas gunmen have erected a roadblock outside the terminal to keep waves of people from rushing to the border, and to look for Fatah officials trying to escape.
On several occasions, gunmen, some from Hamas and others from warring clans, have run into the tunnel, which leads to the border terminal, and fired at those waiting, only to be driven off by Israeli fire and tear gas, witnesses said.
Yep. A hit. They knew he was there. And Hamas has proven they don’t give a damn about civilian casualties, particularly since all the Palestinians in the tunnel are Fatah-affiliated.
Charming people. Let’s give them a state.
Hamas are thugs as in Fatah !
One group of malign thugs kills a member of another group of malign thugs, wounding bystanders who have put or kept one or both groups of malign thugs in power.
*yawn* I’m appalled. Just appalled. I think, perhaps, I’ll consider writing a letter to the UN urging them to consider the possibility of putting together a study group to set the framework for a meeting to discuss the possibility of a UN resolution for a further study group to consider whether the issuance of a UN resolution might be something that yet another study group ought to consider the possibility of doing, at some pont.