GAZA: Palestinian belonging to the Army of Islam is killed in a car bomb explosion in Gaza City

Record ID: 359202

  • Title: GAZA: Palestinian belonging to the Army of Islam is killed in a car bomb explosion in Gaza City
  • Date: 18th November 2010
  • Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (NOVEMBER 17, 2010) (REUTERS) ***NIGHT VIDEO*** FIRE-FIGHTER USING HOSE TO PUT OUT FIRE IN CAR REMAINS FIRE TRUCKS AT SCENE CAR REMAINS CROWD OF PEOPLE WATCHING FIRE-FIGHTER HOSING CAR REMAINS CROWD WATCHING FIRE-FIGHTERS HOSING DOWN SURROUNDING AREA AMBULANCE PARKED OUTSIDE SHIFA HOSPITAL PEOPLE WAITING AT EMERGENCY ROOM RECEPTION AREA MEDICS AN
  • Embargoed: 3rd December 2010 12:00
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  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA2I37URP8X1D3BYB08LZ6PGZEZ
  • Story Text: A car exploded in Gaza City on Wednesday (November 17), killing one person from a fringe Palestinian Islamist group and critically wounding a second, medical workers said.
    Officials from the Islamist movement Hamas, which rules the coastal territory, said the car had been targeted by an Israeli air strike. The Israeli military said they were checking the report.
    Medical officials identified the dead body as a senior member of the Army of Islam, an Islamist group whose agenda of global jihad, or holy war, is shared with al Qaeda.
    The Army of Islam is a rival to Hamas, but the groups joined forces in the 2006 cross-border abduction of an Israeli soldier. The alliance has not endured.
    Israel targeted an Army of Islam militant in a strike earlier this month.
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