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Palestinian teen slain by militants
Family tried to halt attack on Israel
By Charles A. Radin and Sa'id Ghazali, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent | July 24, 2004

TEL AVIV -- Palestinian militants yesterday opened fire on a Palestinian family whose members were trying to keep the militants from firing rockets into Israel from the family's farm in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, Gaza residents said. Hassan Za'aneen, a 15-year-old boy, was killed, and three other family members were wounded.

Later yesterday, militant leaders huddled with relatives of the slain boy, according to witnesses, and persuaded the family to declare the boy a martyr in the struggle against Israel. The shifting of the blame could lessen the possibility of revenge and provide material benefits to the boy's immediate family.

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