GAZA: Israel launches airstrike in Jabaliya, killing two and wounding several others

Record ID: 338923

  • Title: GAZA: Israel launches airstrike in Jabaliya, killing two and wounding several others
  • Date: 30th May 2007
  • Summary: WIDE OF PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL WARD
  • Embargoed: 14th June 2007 13:00
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  • Story Text: An Israeli air strike killed two Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday (May 30), medical officials said, as Israel kept up pressure on the Islamist group to end cross-border rocket attacks.
    An Israeli military spokeswoman said the air force targeted "a group of armed terrorists" in the northern part of the territory near Jabalya refugee camp.
    In addition to the two members of Hamas's Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades killed in the strike, several people were wounded and a house was damaged, ambulance crews said.
    At a news conference on Tuesday (May 29), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas proposed a new truce between militants and Israel and said he would meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert next week, keeping alive a U.S.-backed dialogue despite the violence.
    Olmert, in a speech to Israel's parliament, said: "We have no intention of reaching any kind of settlement, neither with Hamas nor with Islamic Jihad. We will hit them and continue to hit them."
    Hamas and other militant groups have fired more than 270 rockets from Gaza, killing two Israelis, over the past two weeks.
    Israel has hit back mainly with air strikes, killing more than 40 Palestinians.
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