- Title: GAZA: Israeli attack kills two in Gaza
- Date: 14th January 2008
- Summary: ONE OF THE DEAD MILITANTS BEING WHEELED ON HOSPITAL STRETCHER TOWARDS HOSPITAL MORGUE MAN FIRING RIFLE PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE HOSPITAL MORGUE DOZENS OF PEOPLE CROWDED INTO HOSPITAL MORGUE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE BIDDING FAREWELL TO BODY BODY BEING WHEELED AWAY TWO MEN HUGGING EACH OTHER INSIDE MORGUE WIDE OF BODY ON MORGUE BED MAN HUGGING BODY ON MORGUE BED WIDE OF PEOPLE IN
- Embargoed: 29th January 2008 12:00
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- Topics: Defence / Military
- Reuters ID: LVA85BTAZF8VI4LWNIXBPATH5RZM
- Story Text: Israeli aircraft kill two Palestinian gunmen and critically wound another near the home of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza city.
An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a car carrying Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip on Sunday (January 13), the Israeli Army said and local medical staff said two militants were killed in the attack.
An Israeli army spokesman confirmed that an air strike was carried out on a car which was known to be carrying two gunmen and cited cooperation with the Shin Bet internal undercover security service.
A third man was critically wounded by the missile, which exploded near the home of the Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian hospital officials said.
One of the dead gunmen was a senior member of the Army of Islam militant group, they said. He was identified as Maher al-Mabhouh, the Army of Islam's commander in Gaza City.
The same group was involved in the abduction of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in Gaza in June 2006 and the kidnapping of BBC journalist Alan Johnston last year.
Shalit is still being held while Johnston was released last year by his captors after being held for several months.
The second dead man was identified as Nidal al-Amoudi of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction.
The Israeli army spokesman gave the same names for the dead.
The Army of Islam's spokesman Ahmed al-Mazloun, known as Khattab al-Maqdiffi, was critically wounded, the hospital officials said.
Israel frequently targets militants in air and ground attacks in efforts to halt rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip into towns inside the Jewish state. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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