- Title: GAZA: Israeli air strike kills a Palestinian civilian in northern Gaza
- Date: 20th May 2008
- Summary: (BN06)JABALYA, GAZA STRIP (MAY 20, 2008) (REUTERS) MEDICS LOOKING AT DEAD BODY DEAD PALESTINIAN WRAPPED IN CLOTH MAN CLOSING MORGUE DOOR MORGUE EXTERIOR
- Embargoed: 4th June 2008 13:00
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- Topics: International Relations
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- Story Text: An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian civilian in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Tuesday (May 20), medical workers said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said an Israeli air strike hit a rocket launching crew in Gaza, that had just fired a rocket at the southern Israeli town of Sderot.
Palestinian medical workers said militants fled the area just before the air attack and that a Palestinian youth was killed. The workers initially identified the dead Palestinian as a gunman.
Egypt has been trying to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas to end Gaza border violence.
Rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have killed two Israeli civilians this month in agricultural communities close to the frontier.
Israel frequently carries out raids and air strikes in the territory as part of what it describes as efforts to curb cross-border rocket fire. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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