28 Palestinians Assassinated in Gaza by Israeli Occupation Froces, Including 8 Children and a 5-Month-Old Baby

Death toll in Gaza reaches 27

Thursday February 28, 2008 11:45 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that Rami Khalifah 25 died of wounds he received during earlier Israeli shelling of Gaza city.

Meanwhile Amjad Al-Sakani, 12, was found dead after being shot by the Israeli army in Rafah city in the southern part of the Gaza strip.

On Thursday evening one Palestinian civilian was killed and another four injured when Israeli jet fighters shelled a police station in Gaza city.

Four Palestinian children were killed and one critically injured when Israeli jet fighters shot several missiles at civilians in Jabalia town, located in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon.

Medical sources identified the four as, Mohamed Hamudah, 7, Ali Dardonah, 8, Omer Dardonah, 14, and his brother Deib, 11.

Palestinian sources also reported that a separate air raid targeted a civilian vehicle in Beit Hanoun, also in the northern part of the Strip. Medical sources revealed that two civilians were injured in the attack.

These attacks come as part of ongoing Israeli air strikes against the Gaza Strip. A few hours ago, two Palestinians were killed during attacks targeting the northern Gaza Strip. Medical sources identified one of the deceased as Abdullah Al-Zwidi, 23, believed to be a member of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement. Four others were injured in the attacks.

Earlier on Thursday, Palestinian medical sources reported that five Palestinians, among them one child, were killed after Israeli air raids which targeted several areas of the Gaza Strip.

Mohamed Al-Bara'y, five months old, was announced dead on Thursday after sustaining wounds on Wednesday evening when Israeli jet fighters bombed the Palestinian Authority offices, and its immediate vicinity, in Gaza City.

One Palestinian civilian was killed and another four were injured when Israeli war planes fired missiles at a group of civilians to the east of Gaza City. Medical sources named the deceased as Jawad Tafish, 23.

Earlier, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stated that Israeli jet fighters had attacked a group of its members in Gaza City on Thursday morning; two were killed in the attack. The brigades named the two as Luoai Qanitah and Hamzah Al-Haiyah. The Hamas movement said that Hamzah is the son of Hamas movement leader Khalil Al Haiyah.

Meanwhile, the Popular Resistance Committees, a Palestinian resistance group based in the coastal region, stated on Thursday that two of its resistance fighters were killed when Israeli jet fighters shot missiles at a group of its members in Gaza City on Thursday at dawn. The group named the two as Ahmad Al-Samari and Amajad Al-Amritti.

With the 15 killed today, the death toll in Gaza since Tuesday now stands at 27.

On Wednesday evening, three children were killed when an Israeli missile struck just a few meters away from a playground in the northern part of Gaza City, where many children happened to playing football. 17 other children were also injured in the attack.

Two Palestinian farmers were killed, on Wednesday afternoon, during Israeli shelling of farm land near Gaza City. On Wednesday morning, five resistance fighters, members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, were killed, and three others wounded, in an Israeli air strike.

Late on Tuesday night, an Islamic Jihad fighter was reportedly killed in Israeli fire near the Gaza-Israel border in the Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Another farmer was killed on Tuesday afternoon when Israeli tanks opened fire at him while working his land located near the central Gaza-Israel border.

Ongoing Israeli raids on Gaza claim 28 Palestinians, including 8 children and 5-month-old baby

Date: 28 / 02 / 2008 Time: 10:38
Gaza – Ma'an –

One Palestinian has been killed and three others injured in a raid against a police station in the west of Gaza City.

The station is located next to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah's house.

Dr. Mu'awiya Hassanain, head of emergency and ambulance services in the Palestinian Health Ministry, said that ambulances transferred the dead body and the casualties to a hospital in Gaza.

Four Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli air raid in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon, bringing the number of those killed in the Gaza Strip to 28 in the last 24 hours. Eight of the dead are children.

Mu'awiya Hasanain said the bodies of 11-year-old Deib Darduna and 14-year-old 'Umar Darduna arrived at the Kamal Udwan hospital in Beit Hanoun torn to pieces. Meanwhile, the bodies of 7-year-old Muhammad Hammuda and 8-year-old Ali Darduna were taken to Ash-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

A short while later, an Israeli unmanned reconnaissance plane launched a missile at a car in Beit Hanoun injuring two people, one of them seriously.

Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip have been continuous throughout Thursday.

On Thursday afternoon Palestinian medics found the dead body of 12-year-old Amjad As-Sakani in eastern Gaza City.

Meanwhile 25-year-old Hamas activist Rami Khalifa died of wounds he sustained on Thursday morning.

Israeli warplanes launched a raid on Thursday afternoon on the northern Gaza Strip killing 23-year-old Al-Qassam Brigades member Abdullah Zuwaidi.

A few minutes later, the Israeli warplanes launched another raid near the agricultural college in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Several Palestinians were injured in the attack.

At around 9:30 on Thursday morning local time, Israeli warplanes fired missiles at Palestinian civilians in eastern Gaza City killing senior Hamas leader and Palestinian Legislative Council member and Hamza Khalil Al-Hayya and 23-year-old Jawad Tafish. Several others were also injured.

Mu'awiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian health ministry told Ma'an that Ash-Shifa hospital in Gaza City had received one of the dead and several people who had sustained serious injuries.

On Wednesday evening, three Palestinian children were killed and six others injured in an Israeli air strike on the Al Taw'am area close to the Khazandar gas station, north of Gaza City. One of the dead was 5-month-old Muhammad Nasser Al-Borey, who was in his family home when a missile struck the building.

Mu'awiya Hassanain, said that ambulances transported the injured and dead children, including the headless body of a child, to the Shifa' and Kamal hospitals.

He added that five children were rushed to the intensive care unit and the operating room, with one clinically dead.

Witnesses said that those involved were passing by a local-made missile launcher that was struck by the Israeli forces.

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

Hassanain 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, and several bystanders were injured, 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.

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.

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