Mourners preparing for the burial of four militants in Obiyat near Bethlehem.
The four men were Islamic Jihad leader Mohammad Shahada, Islamic Jihad militants Issa Marzouq and Imad Al-Kamel, and Al-Aqsa Brigades militant Ahmad Al-Balboul. They were Killed by small arms fire the previous evening from undercover Israeli Special Forces as they waited in a car outside a bakery in Bethlehem. Such killings occur as part of Israel’s program of ‘focused foiling’ otherwise known as targeted killing: The assassination of individuals considered to be engaged in activity that threatens the security of the Israeli state. Obiyat. 2008.
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