Israeli jet fighters attack northern Gaza killing two Hamas fighters, death toll stands at 37 this week

Saturday January 19, 2008 12:22 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

Palestinian sources reported that two Palestinians said to be resistance fighters for Al Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas were killed on Saturday morning, when Israeli jet fighters fired missiles at them in the northern Gaza Strip town on Jabaliya.

Medical sources identified them as; Ali Juma'a and Ihab Al-Banna, both in their 20's. The sources added that another four were injured during the attack.

Witnesses said that Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded the farming area near the town, undercover Israeli troops clashed with Palestinian resistance fighters, during the clashes, Israeli jet fighters fired missiles at the Palestinian fighters positions killing two and injuring four.

Also on Saturday Israeli jet fighters attacked civilian cars east of Gaza City, damage was reported but no injuries.

Saturday's fatalities bring the death toll in the Gaza Strip this week to 37, all due to Israeli attacks. Throughout the week, many victims of Israeli air strikes were civilians, either walking in streets or driving their cars.

Two Hamas fighters killed in Gaza

Date: 19 / 01 / 2008 Time: 09:44

Gaza – Ma'an –

Two Palestinian activists affiliated to Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades were killed and three others injured in an Israeli air raid on a group of fighters who attempted to stop the infiltration of an Israeli force into Izbat Abed Rabbo in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday morning.

Muawiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian health ministry named the victims as Ihab Al-Banna and Ali Juma'a. He added that three wounded were taken to hospital.

In the same regard, another Al-Qassam activist twenty-one-year-old Shadi Qtaifan has died of wounds he sustained two days ago east of Gaza City.

Hassanain said that the Israeli forces fired at ambulances as they tried to evacuate injured people, preventing ambulance crews from reaching the injured.

Separately, a group of Palestinian activists survived an assassination attempt on Saturday morning, as Israeli warplanes targeted a car in the area of Sanafur east of Gaza City, completely destroying the car.

Early on Saturday, more than 40 Israeli military tanks entered Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip from the east, destroying Palestinian homes.

Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes have launched intermittent airstrikes on open areas in different parts of the Gaza Strip.

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