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Man infamous for 2000 Ramallah lynch killed in Gaza strike — Palestinian media
Aziz Salha waving his bloody hands after the lynch of 2 IDF reservists in Ramallah in 2000 (Screen capture, YouTube)
Palestinian media reports that Aziz Salha, infamous for his role in the lynching of two Israeli soldiers in Ramallah in 2000, has been killed in an airstrike in Gaza.
The image of Salha waving his blood covered hands to crowds outside the scene of the murders, after repeatedly stabbing one of the soldiers, became seared in the minds of Israelis as one of the defining moments of the Second Intifada.
Salha was freed from prison and sent to Gaza under the 2011 deal to free captive soldier Gilad Shalit.
The reports say Salha was killed in a strike in the center of the Strip. It is not immediately clear whether he was specifically targeted.
