Israeli Air Force Strikes Gaza

Thursday September 08, 2011 14:33 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

The Israeli Air Force fired on Wednesday at night a missile targeting a group of fighters east of Jabalia, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no injuries.

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Local sources reported that the fighters were close to a launching pad used for firing homemade shells into the Negev, and that the launching pad was destroyed in the blast.

On Wednesday evening, Israeli sources reported that one shell was fired from Gaza into the Negev; no damages or injuries were reported.

The firing of the shell came after the Israeli Air Force assassinated a fighter of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, in Dir Al Balah, in central Gaza.

The fighter was driving his car when it was targeted with a missile; he was identified as Ramah Al Hosni. He was identified as Rammah Fayiz Al-Housni, 28, from the Ash-Shaty' refugee camp,

On Tuesday evening, the army bombarded Al Qarara town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, four residents were injured. The slain fighter was identified as Khaled Abu Samhoud, 22.

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