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24-08-03, 21:05
Four people killed in IAF strike on car in Gaza City
By Amos Harel, Jonathan Lis, Arnon Regular, and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Four Hamas militants were killed in an Israel Air
Force missile strike on a car in Gaza City on
Sunday night, Palestinian sources said. According
to the sources, two helicopter gunships fired at
least three missiles at the vehicle.
Among the four Hamas members
killed were the group's liason
between the Gaza Strip and the
West Bank, two suicide bombers
and a fourth Hamas militant.
All four were members of the
group's military wing, Iz a Din
al-Kassam.
According to sources, some of
the men killed in the strike were wearing
military fatigues. Weapons were found next to
the bodies.
"I was about to enter my house with my wife,
when suddenly a huge explosion shook the the
ground under my feet," said Shadi Wassi, a
resident. "When I looked back, I saw a big
flame burning the trees, then another two huge
explosions hit the area."
Witnesses said the men had been sitting near the
beach for about half an hour when the missiles
hit. The attack took place just 100 meters from
the Gaza City office of Palestinian security
chief Mohammed Dahlan.
Sunday night's missile attack came three days
after a top Hamas official, Ismail Abu Shanab,
was killed in a similar strike. The killing of
Abu Shanab came in retaliation for a Hamas
suicide bombing that killed 21 people on a
Jerusalem bus last week.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/332803.html
Net op de dag dat Abbas en veiligsheiddiensten van Dahlan hun leven wagen om smokkelroutes te sluiten, slaat Israel opnieuw toe, om zo duidelijk maken dat Israels regering niet geinteresseerd is in vrede of veiligheid voor hun eigen burgers.
By Amos Harel, Jonathan Lis, Arnon Regular, and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Four Hamas militants were killed in an Israel Air
Force missile strike on a car in Gaza City on
Sunday night, Palestinian sources said. According
to the sources, two helicopter gunships fired at
least three missiles at the vehicle.
Among the four Hamas members
killed were the group's liason
between the Gaza Strip and the
West Bank, two suicide bombers
and a fourth Hamas militant.
All four were members of the
group's military wing, Iz a Din
al-Kassam.
According to sources, some of
the men killed in the strike were wearing
military fatigues. Weapons were found next to
the bodies.
"I was about to enter my house with my wife,
when suddenly a huge explosion shook the the
ground under my feet," said Shadi Wassi, a
resident. "When I looked back, I saw a big
flame burning the trees, then another two huge
explosions hit the area."
Witnesses said the men had been sitting near the
beach for about half an hour when the missiles
hit. The attack took place just 100 meters from
the Gaza City office of Palestinian security
chief Mohammed Dahlan.
Sunday night's missile attack came three days
after a top Hamas official, Ismail Abu Shanab,
was killed in a similar strike. The killing of
Abu Shanab came in retaliation for a Hamas
suicide bombing that killed 21 people on a
Jerusalem bus last week.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/332803.html
Net op de dag dat Abbas en veiligsheiddiensten van Dahlan hun leven wagen om smokkelroutes te sluiten, slaat Israel opnieuw toe, om zo duidelijk maken dat Israels regering niet geinteresseerd is in vrede of veiligheid voor hun eigen burgers.