GAZA: Israeli air strike targets Gazan on motorcycle after last week Palestinian rocket attacks

Record ID: 341259

  • Title: GAZA: Israeli air strike targets Gazan on motorcycle after last week Palestinian rocket attacks
  • Date: 9th February 2014
  • Summary: DEIR EL BALAH, GAZA (FEBRUARY 9, 2014) (REUTERS) PALESTINIANS GATHERING NEXT TO MOTORCYCLE AND CAR, HIT BY ISRAELI AIR STRIKE DAMAGES IN VAN MEMBER OF CIVIL DEFENCE, CHECKING VAN HIT BY AIR STRIKE PEOPLE GATHERING AT SITE PARAMEDICS AT SITE MOTORCYCLE HIT BY AIR STRIKE HOLE IN THE GROUND VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT DAMAGES IN ROAD
  • Embargoed: 24th February 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Gaza
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA3CU0CFWEISHPCEALQBOXB9U4H
  • Story Text: An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip on Sunday (February 9) critically wounded a Palestinian man whom the Israeli military said was responsible for launching rockets at southern Israel.
    Hospital officials in Gaza said he was in critical condition.
    The man, identified by Israel as Abdallah Kharti, a member of a small Gaza militant group called the Popular Resistance Committees, was hit by a missile while riding a motorcycle in Gaza city.

    "Kharti was involved in numerous incidents of rocket fire towards Israel," the Israeli military said in a statement, adding that 33 rockets had been launched at Israel so far this year.
    The Islamist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, says it has been trying to prevent smaller militant groups from firing cross-border rockets, to stave off a broader escalation with Israel.
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