Anti-US Gaza attack trial begins

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7644AC03-C6B7-491B-BC36-59EC10291AE2.htm

The trial of four Palestinians accused of causing the deaths of three US security personnel in a roadside attack in the Gaza Strip has opened, but has been quickly adjourned until 29 February.


The prosecutor in the Gaza military court on Saturday read the charges against the four: "possession of weapons and explosives, and placing explosive devices near Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip with the intent of targetting Israeli tanks."

"It could be that the explosion that killed the Americans was caused by these devices," the prosecutor said.

On 15 October, three US security personnel working for the US embassy in Tel Aviv were killed in a roadside blast as a US diplomatic convoy travelled close to the Erez border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip.