16-MAR-03 - (1of 3) - Zionist Killed Rachel Corrie (USA)

Rachel Corrie (10 April 1979 -- 16 March 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada. She was killed while trying to obstruct a Caterpillar D9 armoured bulldozer operated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

The events surrounding Corrie's death are disputed to this day. ISM eyewitnesses assert that the Israeli soldier driving the bulldozer deliberately ran Corrie over twice while she was acting as a human shield to prevent what she believed would be the demolition of the home of Samir Nasrallah, a local pharmacist.[1][2] The Israeli Government and the IDF denied that version of events and described Corrie's death as an accident. The official Israeli response stated that Corrie was killed by falling debris pushed over by the bulldozer whose driver did not see her, and that the bulldozer was clearing brush and not engaged in a demolition when Corrie blocked its path.

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