Investigation shows U.N. worker killed by Israeli armed forces

Sunday, November 24, 2002

JERUSALEM -- Israel on Saturday said its troops fatally shot a U.N. official during a West Bank firefight with Palestinian gunmen because he had what appeared to be a gun and because Palestinians were firing at troops from inside the U.N. compound.

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