Published today (updated) 03/06/2012 10:51
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| Explosion from an Israeli airstrike pictured in 2009.(MaanImages/file) |
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israel launched a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip overnight Saturday, injuring seven people, medics said.
A missile struck a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, wounding seven people. The victims, which included four children, were taken to hospital for treatment, medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said.
The Israeli army said it had targeted three weapon manufacturing facilities in the central Gaza Strip and two "terror tunnels" in the northern and southern coastal enclave, a statement said.
The attacks were in response to the death of an Israeli soldier on Friday, the army added.
A Palestinian gunman had breached the southern Gaza border and opened fire on Israeli soldiers, who returned fire. A soldier, identified by the army as 21-year-old Netanel Moshiashvili, and the Palestinian were killed.
A Gaza radio station close to Islamic Jihad named the man killed as 22-year-old Ahmad Abu Naser.
Israeli aircraft bombed an auto rickshaw east of Khan Younis in immediate response to the border incident. Four people were wounded and Naji Qudeih, 34, later died from his injuries.
Maan News Agency
A missile struck a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, wounding seven people. The victims, which included four children, were taken to hospital for treatment, medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said.
The Israeli army said it had targeted three weapon manufacturing facilities in the central Gaza Strip and two "terror tunnels" in the northern and southern coastal enclave, a statement said.
The attacks were in response to the death of an Israeli soldier on Friday, the army added.
A Palestinian gunman had breached the southern Gaza border and opened fire on Israeli soldiers, who returned fire. A soldier, identified by the army as 21-year-old Netanel Moshiashvili, and the Palestinian were killed.
A Gaza radio station close to Islamic Jihad named the man killed as 22-year-old Ahmad Abu Naser.
Israeli aircraft bombed an auto rickshaw east of Khan Younis in immediate response to the border incident. Four people were wounded and Naji Qudeih, 34, later died from his injuries.
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