Israeli forces kill two Palestinian resistance fighters

Tuesday November 27, 2007 12:51 by IMEMC Staff - IMEMC News

Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that two Palestinian resistance fighters from Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement were killed in  separate Israeli army attacks.

Israeli army helicopters in action - file 2007

One of the resistance fighters, Ali Al Sousi, was killed when Israeli ground forces invaded the city of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza strip. Witnesses said that local fighters clashed with the invading forces leading to the death of Al Sousi.

Earlier on Tuesday at dawn, Fadi Asaf, 23, was killed when the Israeli army fired several missiles at a group of resistance fighter in Jabalyia town in the northern part of the costal region.

 These attacks bring the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army on Tuesday to three. Palestinian medics pronounced dead Ali Alsufi, a 55-year-old local farmer in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Tuesday, after the Israeli soldiers opened fire on him. According to witnesses the invading forces opened heavy fire onto farm lands, leaving Al-Sufi dead. The Israeli army also wounded and arrested three of Al-Sufi brothers, and four other residents, local sources added.

 Translated by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC News

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