Abu Mazen: At least 40 children in Rafah crippled by pipe bombs they were
paid to throw

IDF Website [Hebrew] 26 June 2002 [translated by IMRA]
http://www.idf.il/hebrew/announcements/2002/june/mazen.stm

"I oppose that little children go to die. It is a horrible thing. At least
40 children in Rafah became cripples after their hands were blown off by
pipe bombs. They received 5 Shekels [IMRA: slightly over $1] to throw them.
Who is ready for such a thing to happen to their son or his family? In the
end there was a large uproar over the 13 year olds who were sent to the
settlements. Why is this done?"

Abu Mazen, Arafat's deputy, in an interview in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Zaman,
as quoted in the 20 June 2002 edition of , the Jordanian newspaper A Rai.