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

Record ID: 341260

Title: GAZA: Israeli air strike targets Gazan on motorcycle after last week Palestinian rocket attacks
Date: 9th February 2014
Summary: BLOOD IN ROAD/ PEOPLE AT SITE
Embargoed: 24th February 2014 12:00
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Location: Gaza
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Country: Palestinian Territories
Reuters ID: LVA4HVQ5GDSZHPPTYATR1THJFEDN
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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