Gaza: man dies of wounds sustained earlier in the week, while navy attacks fishermen

Tuesday January 22, 2008 17:52 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man died on Tuesday morning due to wounds he sustained in Israeli army attacks on Sunday.

Israeli army boat in action - File 2008

The Islamic Jihad armed wing, Al Qudes Brigades, stated that the man who died on Tuesday is a member of the brigades and named him as Mohamed Al Ghandor.

Al Ghandor sustained critical wounds on Sunday when Israeli jet fighters fired several missiles at a group of Palestinians in Beit Lahyia town in the northern part of the Gaza strip. Last week the Israeli Army attacks on Gaza left 37 Palestinians dead and at least 70 others injured.

Meanwhile on Tuesday morning, Israeli navel boats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen in the southern Gaza strip town of Rafah, Israeli troops then took over the Fishing boats and kidnapped a number of Palestinian fishermen and took them to an unknown location, eyewitnesses reported.

The Palestinian resistance announced on Tuesday that several groups launched four home made Qassam shells and the northern Israeli town of Sederot, located in the Gaza strip, the shells caused damage but no injures. Another resistance group opened fire at Israeli settlers working in a settlement near Khan Younis town in the southern part of the Gaza strip, no injures reported.

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