GAZA: Israeli warplanes strike three targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least four civilians, including a boy

Record ID: 338795

  • Title: GAZA: Israeli warplanes strike three targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least four civilians, including a boy
  • Date: 20th November 2010
  • Summary: DEIR EL BALAH, GAZA (NOVEMBER 19, 2010) (REUTERS) PALESTINIANS GATHERED BY HUGE CRATER WHERE ISRAELI AIR STRIKE HIT MEN WALKING THROUGH RUBBLE VIEW OF LARGE CRATER VARIOUS OF MAN HOLDING SHRAPNEL MORE OF MAN HOLDING SHRAPNEL CRATER PEOPLE LOOKING AT DAMAGE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE HOSPITAL
  • Embargoed: 5th December 2010 12:00
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  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVAD62Q4WRL656KHGBDLDB51J8H1
  • Story Text: Israeli warplanes struck three targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday (November 19), the Israeli army and Palestinian witnesses said.
    At least four people, three women and a boy, were hurt in one attack in the central Gaza Strip when an uninhabited building close to where they were standing collapsed after being hit, local residents said.
    The wounds were not considered to be life threatening, a Gaza hospital source said.
    The two other strikes were aimed at targets near the town of Khan Younis in the southern part of the territory, one of which was a training camp belonging to the Islamic Jihad militant group. There were no reports of casualties.
    An Israeli military spokesman said three air strikes had been carried out against militant targets in the coastal strip in response to the missile launches that included nine mortars and one longer-range rocket.
    The spokesman said it was the highest number of launches at Israel in a period of 24 hours for several months, adding that militants had fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel since its offensive into the territory ended last year.
    The Popular Resistance Committees, a Palestinian militant group, claimed responsibility for the mortar fire, saying it was in retaliation for Israel's killing of two militant leaders of an al-Qaeda linked group in Gaza on Wednesday (November 17).
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