7 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Terrorist Forces, Including 4 children in Al-Buraij Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip

7 dead, including 4 children in Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip

Date: 11 / 04 / 2008 Time: 17:46
Gaza – Ma'an –

Seven Palestinians have been killed since Friday morning, the majority of them children, and 14 people injured in ongoing Israeli occupation forces bombardment and airstrikes on homes, belonging to both civilians and resistance fighters, in the Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Four children were killed in an airstrike and a number of people were wounded in an airstrike on civilian houses.

Palestinian medical sources told Ma'an that the four dead children were taken to the Al-Aqsa Hospital. Six civilians were also injured when Israeli tanks shelled civilian houses in the Al-Buraij refugee camp.

The sources also said that 12-year-old Riyadh Awisi died of injuries he sustained during clashes that took place east of the Buraij refugee camp. Five other civilians were also wounded.

Two resistance fighters from the Al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad Al-Najjar and Amin Al-Najjar, were killed on Friday morning during an Israeli airstrike on a bunker belonging to the Brigades in the town of Khuza'a in the southern Gaza Strip.

2 Palestinian fighters killed in southern Gaza as Israeli tanks roll into Al-Buraij refugee camp

Friday April 11, 2008 11:43 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

Two Palestinian fighters of the ruling Hamas party have been reportedly killed by two Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza Strip on Friday, as a column of Israeli tanks rolled into the eastern refugee camp of Buraij.

Palestinian medical sources reported that Mohammad Al-Najjar and Amin Al-Najjar, arrived as dead bodies to the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis city in southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli air strikes have been carried out earlier on Friday dawn in the Khuza'a village, to the east of Khan Younis city in southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources said.

The Israeli forces have been operating in the Kuza'a village of Khan Younis over the past week, killing a Hamas fighter, in addition to today's two .

Also, today morning, a column of Israeli tanks involving bulldozers, rolled into the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Buraij, as armed clashes broke out between local resistance fighters and the invading Israeli army force.

Meanwhile, the Al-Qassam brigades , the armed wing of Hamas party, announced they targeted an Israeli tank with an RBJ shell, while the Islamic Jihad fighters targeted another tank.

In a statement, faxed to press, the Islamic Jihad's armed wing claimed responsibility for firing a mortar shell onto a group of Israelis soldiers, confirming no injuries among the soldiers.

The Al-Nasser Salah Eldin brigades, the armed wing of the popular resistance committees also claimed responsibility for firing five mortar shells against the incurring tanks, a statement read.

Israeli army spokesperson confirmed the attack on the Al-Buraij refugee camp .

Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, told a rally in Tel-Aviv yesterday that Israel will a blow to Hamas, 'after which the group wont be able to harm Israeli civilians'.

Omert held Hamas responsible for a cross-border attack on the Nahal Oaz Israeli crossing point in eastern Gaza city on Wednesday, which claimed the lives of two Israeli civil servants, who worked at a fuel terminal on the crossing.

Today's incursion into Al-Buraij came on the heels of almost one month of calm in the coastal territory, after Israeli military killed early on March more than 120 Palestinian including 40 children, within Israeli threats to carry out a massive attack on the Gaza Strip.

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