GAZA: An Israeli airstrike targets Palestinians in southern Gaza killing 3 members of Islamic Jihad militant group

Record ID: 341373

  • Title: GAZA: An Israeli airstrike targets Palestinians in southern Gaza killing 3 members of Islamic Jihad militant group
  • Date: 11th March 2014
  • Summary: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (MARCH 11, 2014) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL THREE DEAD BODIES BEING WHEELED DOWN THE HOSPITAL IN KHAN YOUNIS DEAD MAN WRAPPED IN WHITE SHEET BEING CARRIED INTO MORGUE ANOTHER DEAD MAN BEING CARRIED OFF OF STRETCHER GAZA RESIDENTS AT HOSPITAL LOCATION WHERE AIRSTRIKE TOOK PLACE MEN GATHERING AROUND HOLE IN THE GROUND CAUSED BY MISSILE FIRED FROM
  • Embargoed: 26th March 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Gaza
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA3TF8CXUE3LUMKI0J1PT64H483
  • Story Text: An Israeli air strike on Tuesday (March 11) killed three Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, the Islamic Jihad group said.
    The Israeli military said an Israeli aircraft targeted Islamic Jihad members who had fired a mortar bomb at its forces, and "direct hits were confirmed".
    Islamic Jihad said its men had attacked Israeli troops who had entered the Gaza Strip through Israel's border fence.
    Earlier, the territory's ruling Hamas Islamist movement said an Israeli drone had crashed on the Gaza side of the frontier. The military said the drone came down because of a technical malfunction.
    Israel pulled its troops and settlers out of the Gaza Strip in 2005, but maintains a naval and air blockade of the enclave and severely restricts the overland movement of people and goods across the volatile border.
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