GAZA: Israeli warplanes strike targets in Southern area after a day of cross-border fire

Record ID: 340121

  • Title: GAZA: Israeli warplanes strike targets in Southern area after a day of cross-border fire
  • Date: 19th August 2010
  • Summary: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (AUGUST 17, 2010) (REUTERS) ++NIGHT SHOTS++ AMBULANCES DRIVING TOWARDS SITE AIR STRIKE OCCURRED RESIDENTS INSPECTING DAMAGE AMBULANCE AT SITE VARIOUS OF RESIDENTS INSPECTING DAMAGE AT SITE KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (AUGUST 18, 2010) (REUTERS) ++DAY SHOTS++ AREA HIT BY MISSILES DAMAGE CAUSED BY AIR STRIKE VARIOUS OF DAMAGE BOY INSPECTING DAMAGE BOY ST
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  • Story Text: Israel carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday (August 17) after two soldiers were wounded in a mortar bomb attack by militants, the Hamas Islamist group and Palestinian witnesses said.
    The air strikes targeted smuggling tunnels in Rafah at the southern Gaza Strip. Another missile attack was carried out in an open field in the southern town of Khan Younis, which Israel says is used by militants to fire rockets at the jewish state.
    There were no immediate reports of injuries. The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
    Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two mortar bombs into Israel earlier on Tuesday, wounding two soldiers. Shortly after the attack six Israeli tanks crossed into Gaza. The tanks fired shells, one of which hit a house near Khan Younis, no casualties were reported.
    The mortar attack was launched a day after Israeli soldiers killed a militant who the army said was planting explosives along the Israel-Gaza border.
    The Israeli military says more than 115 rockets and mortar bombs have been fired from the Gaza Strip at Israeli territory since the beginning of the year.
    Israel launched a three-week war against Gaza in December 2008 with the declared aim of curtailing such attacks.
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