In Gaza: a Palestinian dies of wounds and four others injured by Israeli army fire

Thursday November 22, 2007 12:38 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC&Agencies

The 35-year-old male, Nedal aL-Najjar, died today morning of wounds he sustained earlier on Tuesday, when the Israeli army attacked the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis.

an Israeli army artilery in Gaza / archive photo

Palestinian medical sources confirmed the death of aL-Najjar, who has been suffering from very critical injuries since been admitted to the hospital, right after the Israeli attack.

Sources at the Palestinian resistance declared that aL-Najjar belonged to the aL-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.

Meanwhile, Palestinian resistance factions, including those of Hamas and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, affirmed they engaged in a fierce battle with the Israeli army's invading forces on Tuesday.

In the meantime, local Palestinian sources confirmed today that three Palestinian resistance fighters were shot and wounded during armed clashes with the Israeli army forces, on the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian medics said that at least four Palestinians were injured at the Gaza-Israel border line.

These reports came after the national resistance brigades of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, declared that its fighters exchanged gun fire with an Israeli army undercover special unit.

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