http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A6A7348B-2BF4-4918-A8EE-16E6DB261993.htmBy Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank
A nine-year-old Palestinian boy has been shot dead by Israeli troops during a military invasion into the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.
Umar Muhammad Abu Zraihan was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital after being shot in the head during the early morning incursion in the Brazil neighbourhood, witnesses said.
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Streets, infrastructure destroyed
Jericho City officials told Aljazeera.net on Thursday that tanks were destroying street embankments and infrastructure and helicopters were hovering over the city
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However, Israeli sources have recently revealed that the army resorted to using excessive and disproportionate power against Palestinian residential areas for the purpose of "burning into their consciousness" and "making them internalise their weakness and come to terms with Israeli strength and superiority."
On Wednesday, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported that much of army "activities" against Palestinians had no "operational or professional justification" and that their main goal was to inflict suffering on ordinary civilians for the purpose of bringing the Palestinian society to its knees.