Five Palestinians, including four children, killed by Israeli occupation forces east of Rafah

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Date: 14 / 06 / 2007 Time: 18:32

[Ma'anArchive] Rafah - Ma'an -

Palestinian medical sources have stated that five Palestinians, including four children, have been killed, while two others have been injured by fire from Israeli occupation tanks, east of Rafah on Thursday afternoon.

Ma'an's correspondent reports that Israeli tanks shot at citizens' houses, near the former Gaza International Airport, east of the city of Rafah. Four were killed instantly and their corpses transported to Abu Yousuf Al-Najjar hospital.

The fifth died shortly after being admitted to the European hospital.

The casualties have not yet been identified.

In the West Bank, Hashim Al-Zubaidi, a member of the Fateh-affiliated Al-Aqsa Brigades, was shot in the chest by Israeli occupation special forces who had infiltrated the northern city of Qalqilia. A second managed to escape an Israeli targeted assassination attempt in Tulkarem.

Ma'an's reporter stated that Israeli occupation forces entered Qalqilia early in the morning, and shot Az Zubeidi in the chest, before being transported to the Ramallah government hospital. He remains in critical condition.

In Saida, north of Tulkarem, Israeli troops broke into the home of Oseimer Ashqar, but he was not home at the time .

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