JERUSALEM Israel's military command sealed off the occupied GazaStrip Sunday as troops combed the area for the gunmen, presumablyPalestinians, who killed an Israeli army officer.
Roads leading into Israel were sealed until further notice andthe Gaza Strip's fishing fleet was ordered to stay in port.
Capt. Ron Tal, 22, of Tel Aviv, was shot in Gaza's centralFalastin Square. Tal reportedly was the commander of the militarypolice in Gaza. Palestinian assailants apparently were waiting inambush for his vehicle.
Witnesses said one gunman shot Tal in the thigh with a revolver.The bullet, however, went through his leg and into his chest.
The commander of Israel's southern sector, Maj. Gen. YitzhakMordechai, expressed outrage at the shooting and vowed that sternmeasures would be taken to discourage further anti-Israeli violence.
Soon after he spoke, an unidentified person telephoned theAgence France-Press news agency in Jerusalem and said the attack wasthe work of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Force 17.
A curfew was imposed in the shooting area and dozens ofPalestinians were detained for interrogation.
Israel captured the Gaza Strip from Egypt in the 1967 MiddleEast War.
It is one of the world's most densely populated areas, with apopulation of nearly half a million Palestinian Arabs and anestimated 5,000 Jewish settlers.
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