Palestinian Families Flee Israeli Terrorist Campaign in Beit Hanoon, 4 Fighters Injured

Four Palestinian fighters wounded by Israeli air bombardment in Beit Hanoun

Date: 28 / 04 / 2008 Time: 16:35
Gaza – Ma'an –

An Israeli airstrike in the town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, left four Palestinian fighters wounded on Monday afternoon, medical sources said.

The four fighters were affiliated with the Al-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees.

Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services, in the Palestinian Health Ministry told Ma'an that all the injured were evacuated to Kamal Udwan Hospital.

Israeli tanks and warplanes invaded Beit Hanoun early on Monday morning, killing seven Palestinians, including a mother and her four young children. Tanks are still operating in the town at the time of writing.

Palestinian military groups confronting ongoing Israeli incursions in the Gaza Strip

Date: 28 / 04 / 2008 Time: 14:26
Gaza – Ma'an –

Islamic Jihad's military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades said on Monday that their fighters fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an Israeli military personnel carrier in a citrus grove in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

A statement released by the Al-Quds Brigades said the operation came in retaliation for Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Separately, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, the An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, said that their fighters blocked an Israeli incursion attempt near the area of Al-Hawooz in the northern Gaza Strip. The group claimed that they injured Israeli soldiers during an exchange of fire.

Beit Hanoun families flee Israeli onslaught

Date: 28 / 04 / 2008 Time: 14:21
Gaza – Ma'an –

Dozens of Palestinian families from the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun left their apartments in tower number one at the An-Nada neighborhood to tower number 25 trying to find shelter from Israeli shelling.

The coordinator of the local committee for countering Israeli attacks, Sabir Za'aneen said he saw dozens of women and children leaving their apartments and screaming as they headed towards tower number 25. He explained that they were seeking shelter after shrapnel of Israeli shells and gunshots broke the windows of their apartments.

He also claimed that the Israeli soldiers deliberately fired at water tanks on the rooftops of the buildings as well as electricity cables.

Seven people, including a mother and her four young children, were killed by Israeli fire in Beit Hanoun earlier on Monday.

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