7 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces in Khan Younis

Death toll in Israeli incursion in Khan Younis rises to seven

Date: 03 / 01 / 2008 Time: 09:37

Gaza – Ma'an –

A Palestinian woman and her daughter and two sons, and an activist affiliated to Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades were killed in an Israeli incursion in the town of Bani Suhaila, south of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday morning, Ma'an's reporters said.

The body of combatant Barham Abu Lihya, in his twenties, was also discovered after the Israeli forces withdrew from the area on Thursday afternoon.

Palestinian medical sources told Ma'an that Karima Fayyad and her sons, Ahmad and Sami, and her daugher Asma were killed when Israeli artillery fired missiles at the family's home. The rest of the family were wounded in the attack and medics are trying to free them from under the debris of the ruined house.

Early on Thursday afternoon the body of Muhammad Fayyad, believed to be the father of the family, was pulled from the wreckage of their home.

A baby from the same family is clinically dead but is on a life support machine.

A Palestinian gunman affiliated to Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades, twenty-year-old Muneer Barham,was also killed when Israeli forces invaded the town of Bani Suhayla in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday.

Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that that Israeli warplanes and artillery launched seven missiles at Palestinian combatants as they clashed with the invading forces, which penetrated three kilometres into the area.

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