Originally published July 10, 2011 at 7:42 PM | Page modified July 11, 2011 at 6:02 AM

Testimony ends in case of Olympia woman killed in Gaza

An Israeli court heard its final witness Sunday in a trial surrounding the death of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003.

By The Associated Press

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HAIFA, Israel — An Israeli court heard its final witness Sunday in a trial surrounding the death of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003.

Israel's commanding officer in Gaza at the time, Col. Pinhas Zuaretz, testified Sunday.

Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist from Olympia, who was 23 at the time, was killed when she stood before the bulldozer on the Gaza-Egypt border. She and other activists believed the military was about to demolish nearby Palestinian homes.

Corrie's parents filed a civil suit against Israel's Defense Ministry in 2005, charging Israel with responsibility for killing their daughter. The verdict is to be announced April 23, said Craig Corrie, the dead woman's father.