Palestinians erected a memorial to an Italian photojournalist killed in an Israeli offensive last week. Candles and Palestinian and flags marked the memorial after Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat issued a decree designating Raffaele Ciriello a “martyr,” like Palestinians killed in the intifada.
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