- Title: GAZA: Israeli army air strikes kill one Palestinian boy and wound several people
- Date: 20th August 2011
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (AUGUST 19, 2011) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) AMBULANCE ARRIVING TO HOSPITAL MEDICS UNLOADING A BOY INTO HOSPITAL
- Embargoed: 4th September 2011 13:00
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- Location: Gaza, Gaza
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Conflict
- Reuters ID: LVAAYAF7D2489NIEBP9G2FEETMF
- Story Text: Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed one boy and wounded several people, many of them children on Thursday (August 19), hours after Israel blamed gunmen from the territory for cross-border attacks.
Earlier an Israeli air strike killed the leader of an armed Palestinian faction, a top lieutenant and three other members in the southern Gaza Strip, the group said.
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a faction that often operates independently from Gaza's Islamist Hamas rulers, identified their dead leader as Kamal al-Nairab and said their military chief, Immad Hammad, had also been killed.
A sixth fatality in the attack on Rafah town was a nine-year-old boy who had been in the same house as the militants, local Palestinians said.
Hours earlier, gunmen killed seven people in a triple attack in southern Israel. Israel said the gunmen had come from Gaza through neighbouring Egypt, a charge denied by Hamas. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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