Palestinian Killed, Another Survives Assassination, 7 Injured in the Raid on Gaza, 3 Kidnapped in Tulkarem by Israeli Occupation Forces

An Israeli air strike kills a Palestinian fighter in northern Gaza

Tuesday April 15, 2008 00:43 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

A Palestinian fighter was reportedly killed later on Monday night, after an Israeli drone fired a missile on the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun, media sources said.

The sources added that an Israeli drone, fired one missile towards a group of Palestinian fighters, killing Ibrahim Abu Elba, 43, of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Medics confirmed the death of Abu Elba and the injury of another fighter, saying that both casualties were received by local hospitals.

Witnesses said that an Israeli drone fired a missile towards fighters near the Al-Qassam mosque in the Beit Hanoun city.

Meanwhile, another group resistance fighters survived an Israeli army shelling to the east of Al-Buraij refugee camp, where the army killed on Friday at least five teens including a child.

Witnesses told IMEMC that the Israeli army fire was audible in the vicinity of the Gaza-Israel border line in the eastern parts of Al-Buraij camp.

Senior Al-Aqsa Brigades leader survives assassination attempt in Gaza

Date: 14 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:41
Gaza – Ma'an –

An Israeli reconnaissance plane bombed the home of Khaled Hijazi, a senior leader in the armed wing of Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Brigades, in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City on Sunday evening, injuring seven bystanders.

Hijazi himself survived the assassination attempt.

Muawiyah Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian Health Ministry said that seven injured Palestinians arrived at Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after the attack.

Witnesses said the Israeli reconnaissance plane fired a missile at the third story of the house, causing massive material damage.

Israeli forces storm home of former Palestinian minister near Hebron

Date: 14 / 04 / 2008 Time: 15:06
Hebron – Ma'an –

Israeli forces stormed home of former Palestinian minister and Hamas-affiliated lawmaker Nayif Rajoub in the southern West Bank town of Dura, west of Hebron, on Monday, witnesses said.

Rajoub's family said heavily-armed Israeli soldiers surrounded the house at 1am, throwing stones at the windows, smashing several of them.

Rajoub's wife, Umm Hudhayfa, told Ma'an that the soldiers forced the family into the street and ransacked the house. The soldiers confiscated green Hamas flags, 1,500 Jordanian Dinars, 3,000 NIS, and her children's savings.

Rajoub, the former minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs, was detained by Israel in June 2006, and has been imprisoned ever since. He was elected in the Hebron district in the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections.

More than 40 Palestinian lawmakers are currently detained in Israeli jails.

Israeli forces seize three Palestinians in Tulkarem

Date: 14 / 04 / 2008 Time: 09:56
Tulkarem – Ma'an –

Israeli forces seized three Palestinians in the West Bank city of Tulkarem after house-to-house searches on Monday, witnesses said.

One of the detainees was affiliated to Islamic Jihad and another to Hamas. The affiliation of the third could not be ascertained.

Islamic Jihad fighters 'clash' with Israeli soldiers in Gaza

Date: 14 / 04 / 2008 Time: 10:02
Gaza – Ma'an –

The military wing of Islamic Jihad, the Al-Quds Brigades, claimed responsibility on Monday for fighting with Israeli troops in the Juhor Ad-Dik area, near Al-Bureij Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip.

The Al-Quds Brigades said that they detonated an anti-personnel landmine during the battle.

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