GAZA: Missiles fired from an Israeli helicopter target Hamas targets in three separate strikes

Record ID: 339897

  • Title: GAZA: Missiles fired from an Israeli helicopter target Hamas targets in three separate strikes
  • Date: 18th November 2006
  • Summary: ++AL-SHAJAIYA NEIGHBOURHOOD++ PEOPLE GATHERED MAN LOOKING AT DESTROYED BUILDING CLOSE OF BUILDING VARIOUS OF DAMAGE AND DEBRI ON STREET MORE OF PEOPLE STANDING LOOKING AT DAMAGE OF BUILDING AMBULANCE ON SITE / PAN RIGHT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE AND TREE MORE OF DAMAGE AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY AMBULANCES AT AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF DOCTOR TREATING WOUNDED EXTERIOR OF HOSPITA
  • Embargoed: 3rd December 2006 12:00
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  • Topics: Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA8AYU8KZYPU54PALH3A4LK7W3D
  • Story Text: Israeli helicopters fired missiles and destroyed the home of a Hamas operative in the Gaza Strip on (November 18), a charity office belonging to the group and a police force office belonging to the group in three separate strikes, local residents said.
    Three wounded in Al-Shajaiya neighbourhood were transferred to Al-Shifa hospital, medical officials said .
    It was Israel's latest strike against militant targets since it began an offensive in Gaza in June after gunmen from the area abducted an Israeli soldier in a raid inside the Jewish state.
    Israel has killed more than 320 Palestinians in Gaza, about half of them civilians, since it began its assault.
    The residents said the house of the Hamas man was close to the home of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. His house was not damaged.
    The army confirmed helicopters had struck at targets used by militants in the coastal territory.
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