12 Palestinians, Including 3 Children, Killed by Israeli Assassination Air Raids, One Israeli Killed in Retaliation

An Israeli air strike kills three children , bringing to 12 today's death toll

Wednesday February 27, 2008 17:21 by Ghassan Bannoura & Rami Almeghari - IMEMC News

An Israeli strike killed on Wednesday evening three Palestinian children in northern Gaza and wounded 17 others, bringing the death toll out of Israeli attacks today to 12.

Palestinian medical sources confirmed that the three children's bodies reached hospital dismembered, as at least 17 others were wounded , including 6 children. Dr. M'awiya Hasanin, chief of the ambulance and emergency department at the aL-Shifa hospital, confirmed that one of those killed was beheaded due to severity of the air strike. He added that three of the wounded children were admitted to the intensive care unit for their critical conditions. Witnesses said that the Israeli missile struck a launching pad, just few meters away from a playground in the Altwam area in northern Gaza, where many children happened to playing football. This latest air strike brought to 11 the number of Palestinians, including civilians, who were have been killed by the Israeli army over the past 24 hours in different parts of the coastal region. Two Palestinian farmers were killed, on Wednesday afternoon, during Israeli shelling of farm land near Gaza city in the northern part of the coastal region.

Dr, Mo'awiah Abu Hassanain of the Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza told reporters that, two farmers were killed and another two injured when Israeli tanks stationed at the borders near Gaza city shelled nearby farms . Abu Hassanain identified one of the killed as Monawar Abu Mandeel, 27.

Also on Wednesday afternoon, Israeli media sources reported that 17 Palestinian home made shells fired from Gaza landed in the nearby southern Israeli town of Sderot, killing one Israeli man, and injuring three others. The death toll in Gaza reach seven today with the two Palestinian farmers killed in the afternoon. On Tuesday evening another Palestinian farmer, Hassan Abu Sabt from Khan Younis was also killed by Israeli fire. Palestinians have farmland and homes adjacent to the border there.

Five resistance fighters, members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were killed, and three others wounded in Israeli air strike in the early morning.

Eyewitnesses saw, a civilian car driving along an agricultural road in Khan Younis city. Two missiles were shot from an Israeli Apache helicopter directly at the vehicle. It is believed that those inside the car were killed instantly.

The Al-Qassam brigades, identified the victims as their own, and stated that the attack was an Israeli targeted assassination. The brigades said those killed were "field members" of the group.

Late on Tuesday night, an Islamic Jihad fighter was reportedly killed in Israeli fire near the Gaza-Israel border in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Medics identified the deceased as Zaki Abu Zaid, and said that another man was also injured in the attack. The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, confirmed that Abu Zaid was their member.

Israeli military continue strikes on Gaza Strip; 8 dead, several injured
Date: 27 / 02 / 2008 Time: 09:47
Gaza – Ma'an –

Two Palestinians were killed and two others injured when Israeli artillery targeted an orange grove in the Ash-Shuja'iya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City on Wednesday afternoon.

Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency department in the Palestinian health ministry said that one of the dead was identified as 27-year-old Minwir Abu Mandeel, who worked as a guard at the grove. The second victim's identity remains unknown as the corpse arrived at the Kamal Udwan Hospital so badly damaged that it was not possible to identify the victim.

On Wednesday morning, five Al-Qassam Brigades activists were killed after Israeli helicopters launched two missiles at a car in western Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the car was targeted near Al-Aqsa University.

Several bystanders were also injured.

In another Israeli raid on Wednesday morning an Islamic Jihad activist was killed and two others injured when an Israeli unmanned drone targeted two sites east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

A spokesperson of the the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said that the victim was Zaky Abu Zaid. The wounded were evacuated to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital for treatment.

On Tuesday evening, Palestinian medical sources announced the death of a Palestinian farmer 35-year-old Hasan Abu Sabt from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The sources said he received a gunshot to the pelvis from the Israeli forces stationed at the Kissufim military post, east of Khan Younis.

Israeli warplanes continued to raid the Gaza Strip on Wednesday afternoon, launching two air raids on eastern Khan Younis and eastern Gaza City.

Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that the Israeli warplanes targeted a group of Palestinian activists in eastern Gaza City.

Mu'awiyya Hassanain emphasized that there were no injuries in the recent Israeli raids.

Israeli student killed, 3 injured, in homemade projectile attack on Sderot college
Date: 27 / 02 / 2008 Time: 17:02

Bethlehem – Ma'an –

An Israeli student was killed and three others injured, including a pregnant woman, when a homemade projectile fired from the Gaza Strip hit the Sapir College in Sderot, Israeli media sources told Ma'an on Wednesday.

The same sources added that another projectile hit a house in Sderot causing material damage. No injuries were reported.

Earlier this afternoon, Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for launching six homemade projectiles at Sderot in retaliation for the assassination of a number of the movement's activists.

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