- Title: GAZA: Israeli airstrike kills one Palestinian in Gaza
- Date: 7th September 2006
- Summary: (BN14) KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP (SEPTEMBER 6, 2006) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL AMBULANCE ARRIVING WOUNDED BEING WHEELED INSIDE HOSPITAL MEDICS WHEELING STRETCHER WITH BLOOD STAINS ANOTHER WOUNDED BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL WOUNDED BEING TREATED ANOTHER WOUNDED BEING WHEELED IN WOUNDED BEING TREATED PAN ACROSS HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM CLOTHES STAINED WITH BLOOD ON HOSPITAL FLO
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- Story Text: Israel's air force struck a target in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday (September 6), killing at least one Palestinian and wounding another five, witnesses and medics said.
Witnesses said a missile fired into the town of Khan Younis appeared to have been aimed at a group of gunmen. Medics did not immediately identify the fatality but said three of the wounded were Hamas militants.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
Earlier Palestinian witnesses said an Israeli air strike near the town of Khan Younis killed one man, while another died in a separate incident nearby. Both men were civilians, the Palestinian witnesses said.
The Israeli army said the strikes targeted combatants -- a group of gunmen, and another Palestinian suspected of planting explosives. Palestinian witnesses said one of the air strikes wounded three gunmen from the governing Islamic faction Hamas.
Israel has been pressing an offensive in the Gaza Strip since the abduction of a soldier, Gilad Shalit, on June 25 by a group of militants, including members of the governing Islamic faction Hamas.
Israel says its Gaza offensive is also designed to put a stop to the firing of makeshift rockets by militant groups into towns near the border.
During the offensive, at least 209 Palestinians have been killed, about half of them civilians.
Israel pulled its troops and more than 8,000 settlers out of Gaza in August last year after 38 years of occupation in a move that many hoped at the time would lead to a breakthrough for relations between Israel and the Palestinians. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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