- Title: GAZA: Israeli airstrike kills one in Gaza
- Date: 9th October 2006
- Summary: (W3) GAZA CITY, GAZA (OCTOBER 09, 2006) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF GAZA HOSPITAL WIDE OF BODY IN MORGUE MAN COVERING BODY MAN HOLDING HIS HEAD VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS GATHERED OUTSIDE MAN CARRYING BOY INTO HOSPITAL YOUTH CRYING WOUNDED BEING WHEELED INTO HOSPITAL ON STRETCHER AMBULANCE ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL
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- Story Text: An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded three others in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday (October 09).
Palestinians arrived at the local hospital where the deceased and wounded people were taken earlier.
The Israeli army said its forces had attacked a person around the town of Beit Hanoun who was collecting a rocket launcher used to fire a rocket into Israel over the weekend.
Palestinian medical officials said the dead civilian was a 17-year-old youth. His father was among the wounded, they added. Witnesses said an Israeli drone had fired a missile at a group of people in the area.
Israel launched an offensive against militants in Gaza after Palestinian gunmen seized a soldier in a cross-border raid on June 25. Around 225 Palestinians, around half of them civilians, have been killed in the offensive.
Israel has also been carrying out military strikes to try to stop gunmen firing homemade rockets at Israeli towns and villages near the border with Gaza. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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