- Title: GAZA: Two members of the same family killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza
- Date: 9th December 2011
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (DECEMBER 8, 2011) (REUTERS) WIDE OF CROWD GATHERED AROUND WRECKAGE OF CAR HIT IN ISRAELI STRIKE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING INTO CAR WRECKAGE FIRE ENGINE ARRIVING MORE OF PEOPLE AROUND CAR AMBULANCE DRIVING INTO HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF MEN WHEELING BODIES INTO HOSPITAL AMBULANCE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL MEN PLACING BODY IN MORGUE MAN CRYING EXTERIOR OF MORGUE
- Embargoed: 24th December 2011 12:00
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- Location: Gaza
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Reuters ID: LVA3TQICLJRAT8PB90732PAKCWU5
- Story Text: An Israeli air strike on a car killed at least two Hamas militants and wounded two others on a crowded Gaza street on Thursday (December 8), the Israeli army and local medical officials said.
Hamas radio identified the dead as Essam Al-Batsh and Sobhi Al-Batsh, from the Hamas armed wing.
Hundreds of Palestinians crowded around the charred remains of the car, which was hit in the early afternoon on a main urban thoroughfare.
In Tel Aviv, an Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed an air strike had been carried out. She said the two men killed in the incident had been planning an attack on Israeli civilians and soldiers along Israel's border with Egypt's Sinai peninsula.
Hamas, an Islamist group hostile to Israel, has ruled the gaza Strip since 2007. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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