5 Palestinians Assassinated in Two Israeli Air Raids on Gaza and Khan Younis

3 Palestinian Activists Assassinated in an Israeli Occupation Air Raid on Gaza, Beside the House of Ismail Haniya

Ma'an, January 13, 2008, 23:04 local Gaza Time

A spokesperson from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Fateh announced that three Palestinian activists belonging to the Al-Aqsa Brigades were assassinated late before midnight of January 13, 2008.

An Israeli plane attacked their car with missiles, three were killed and others were injured, two of them critically.

The targeted martyr was Hussain Al-Amoudi of the Brigades.

The raid took place within the security area where the house of the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, is located.

Two Palestinian fighters killed by Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis

Sunday January 13, 2008 09:49 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News saed at imemc dot org

Two fighters with the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were killed Saturday evening, and five others were injured, when the Israeli occupation forces shelled a training site near Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli unmanned drone plane

Medical sources at an-Nassar Hospital in Khan Younis reported that an Israeli unmanned drone fired three missiles at a training center of the al-Qassam Brigades, in the Ma'an area east of Khan Younis.

Two fighters were killed, and fiver were wounded. Two of the wounded are in serious condition at an-Nassar hospital. The two who were killed were identified as Ayad Abu Abed and Mansour Al-Breem.

The Israeli military spokesman stated that the strike came in response to Palestinian homemade shells that have been fired into Israel – causing no injuries or damage – during the last week. None of the shells fired across the border into Israel were fired from the Khan Younis area.

A Hamas representative stated, "The attack is Israeli implementation of the green light that President (George W.) Bush gave Israel during his recent visit that enables the launch of an attack on the Gaza Strip." And a spokesman for Hamas' armed wing stated, "Israeli operations against Palestinian organizations will not subdue the Palestinian people and the Hamas organization and (will not prevent them) from continuing to fight the occupation."

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