GAZA: Israeli forces hit Hamas weapons van and Islamic Jihad weapons depot in Gaza

Record ID: 359536

  • Title: GAZA: Israeli forces hit Hamas weapons van and Islamic Jihad weapons depot in Gaza
  • Date: 10th July 2006
  • Summary: (BN16) NEAR BEIT LAHIYA, GAZA (JULY 9, 2006) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MEN GATHERING AROUND SITE WHERE VAN EXPLODED AMBULANCE ARRIVING NEAR SMOULDERING WRECK VARIOUS OF DEBRIS AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY MISSILE STRIKE MEN CARRYING INJURED MAN TO AMBULANCE AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY CROWD GATHERED AT SCENE OF MISSILE STRIKE AMBULANCE ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL MAN BEING WHEELED INTO HOSPITAL CR
  • Embargoed: 25th July 2006 13:00
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  • Topics: Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVADUKQR9HM6PT02BRCZ2OPJRXOZ
  • Story Text: Five Palestinian civilians were hurt in an Israeli air strike on a Hamas weapons van near Beit Lahiya late Sunday (July 9).
    The Israeli army released video of the strike showing the van being hit and blowing up. The Israeli army says secondary blasts from explosives aboard the van can also be seen.
    Early on Monday (July 10), just after midnight, Israeli aircraft bombed and destroyed an Islamic Jihad weapons depot in Gaza City. There were no casualties in that raid.
    The Israeli army had no immediate comment.
    The attacks came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to continue an offensive in Gaza without any time limit, and rejected a Hamas bid for a ceasefire, demanding first the release of an Israeli soldier abducted on June 25.
    Israel launched a Gaza offensive on June 28 after the abduction of a soldier in a cross border raid and to put a halt to rocket fire at Israel by Palestinian militants.
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