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Abed Rabu says his daughter Suwad died in Gaza on Jan. 7, the day Israeli tanks churned across the strawberry fields and knocked their way into a little park about 20 yards (18 m) from the family home. Residents of Jebel al-Kashif recall being warned by the Israelis through loudspeakers to evacuate their homes. "There was no fighting, so we weren't too worried when the Israelis told us to leave," Abed Rabu recalls. "I told my girls, 'Don't be scared. We've done nothing to the Israelis, so they won't hurt...
Whether the Israeli troops believed they were under threat when they opened fire is unclear. Most residents of Jebel al-Kashif claim there were no Hamas fighters in the area at the time of the alleged incident, but a middle-aged farmer in a battered army jacket took me aside and said, in a near whisper, that Hamas had been firing rockets from the vicinity of where the episode took place. An Israeli military spokesman told journalists investigating the shootings that the army had no information on the alleged incident but said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is "currently engaged...
...crowd just got to Columbia's Kashif Sweet. He airballed his first free throw and misses his second. Anything but sweet there. Unfortunately for the Crimson, Columbia gets the turnover and makes a quick basket in transition to take the lead for the first time in the half. Columbia 49, Harvard...
...This is a joint effort of the Arab and Muslim communities in Boston," said Kashif I. Riaz, a member of the MIT Arab Student Organization. "We are trying to raise public awareness of the situation in the West Bank...
...group expanded its executive board this year, adding two new positions: the gender issues chair and the international issues chair. Mridu Gulati '93 and Kashif S. Alvi '94 will assume the two posts...