Israeli Terrorist Airstrikes on Several Areas in Gaza

Thursday December 09, 2010 09:16 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

On Thursday at dawn, the Israeli terrorist occupation air force carried out several air strikes targeting a number of areas in the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no injuries.

The first target was a location believed to be used as a training facility that reportedly belongs to the Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. The target is located north of Al-Nussairat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Local sources reported that some of the missiles that were fired by the army did not explode, and that explosive experts are trying to defuse them.

The second attack targeted an area close to the Police Station in the same village, extensive damage was reported.

The army also bombarded Tunis School, east of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, in Gaza City. The Palestinian Ministry of Education asked the students to remain home due to the shelling.

Furthermore, the Israeli Army confirmed targeting a blacksmith workshop reportedly manufacturing combat materials in central Gaza.

On Wednesday at night, a security guard, working at a Negev Israeli town, was moderately wounded after resistance fighters fired several mortars into the area.

The attack came shortly after a homemade shell, fired from Gaza, hit a home in Sha’ar Hanegev, in the Naqab area.

The Salahuddin Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility for the attack, and stated that its fighters fired 10 mortars at Israeli forces invading Gaza from an area close to the Karem Abu Salem Crossing, in southern Gaza.

Two brothers wounded in IOF shooting

[ 09/12/2010 - 12:37 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

Two Palestinian brothers were wounded on Thursday morning while collecting gravel in northern Gaza Strip after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at them, medical sources reported.

Adham Abu Salmiya, the media coordinator of the medical services in the Strip, told the PIC that the two brothers from Beit Lahia town were hospitalized.

In another incident, the armed wing of the popular resistance committees declared responsibility for firing ten mortar shells at a special IOF unit near the Karm Abu Salem crossing on Wednesday night.

It added that casualties were seen being evacuated by helicopter, affirming that the attack was in response to the IOF repeated targeting of the Strip.

Israeli Security Officer Wounded After Fighters Fired Mortars Into the Western Naqab

Thursday December 09, 2010 01:45 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli sources reported that a security guard working at a kibbutz, in the Naqab desert (which Israelis changed to Negev), was wounded, on Wednesday, at night after Palestinian fighters fired mortars into the area.

The man was hit by shrapnel in his neck and was moved to Soroka hospital in Be’er Sheva, Israeli daily Haaretz reported. His wounds were described as mild-to-moderate.

Israeli military sources reported that Palestinian fighters in Gaza fired four shells into the Western Negev.

On Wednesday afternoon, a mortar shell hit a home at the She’ar Hanegev area in the Western Negev, no injuries were reported as home was empty during the time of the attack.

Earlier this month, Israeli occupation soldiers killed two Palestinian fighters who were reportedly attempting to infiltrate through the border with Gaza.

The two fighters allegedly tried to lay explosives at a security fence near Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Haaretz said.

Three Palestinians Injured in Israeli terrorist Shelling on Gaza

Wednesday December 08, 2010 13:48 by Alessandra Bajec - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli occupation terrorist forces tank shelling left three Palestinians wounded, on Wednesday, in the eastern part of Gaza City, Ma'an News claimed.

Three men were injured in the Israeli ground attack, near the Karni crossing, according to medics. The men were not identified.

An Israeli military spokesman did not make immediate comments on the incident.

The attack came hours after Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes, early Wednesday morning, in southern Gaza.

Israeli Terrorist Airstrike Hits Gaza

Wednesday December 08, 2010 11:46 by Alessandra Bajec - IMEMC & Agencies

The Israeli terrorist air force attacked the southern Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday morning, leaving one person injured, local sources reported.

Israeli terrorist warplanes launched two airstrikes in the overnight near the city of Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza. The first attack targeted a poultry farm in Khan Younis, leaving a young Palestinian man wounded and damaging the farm.

The second target of the Israeli aircraft, which came around 15 minutes later, was a tunnel beneath Gaza's border with Egypt, near Rafah. The tunnel was destroyed. No injuries were reported in that attack.

The Israeli army commented that its airstrikes were carried out in retaliation to the firing of rockets from the al-Quds Brigades. The armed wing of Islamic Jihad revealed it fired mortar shells at Israeli armored vehicles and troops in central Gaza, targeting the Wadi Al-Salqa area.

The Israeli Military claims that the air force "struck a weapons manufacturing site and a smuggling tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip. Direct hits were identified." The army added: "The IDF holds the Hamas terrorist organization solely responsible for maintaining the calm in the Gaza Strip and for any terrorist activity emanating from it. The IDF will also continue to respond harshly to any attempt to use terror against the State of Israel."

Tunnels in Gaza are used to bring in essential supplies as Israel continues its four-year siege of the coastal strip, depriving the 1.5-million Gazan population of food, fuel and other necessities.

Airstrikes on Gaza overnight

Published today (updated) 09/12/2010 11:49

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) --

 Israeli warplanes launched air strikes on three separate targets in Gaza. There were no injuries reported.

Palestinian sources said the airstrikes targeted two areas in the middle of Gaza. The first, the Al-Qassam area near the electricity company while the other was around the police headquarters in the village.

The third target was the Tunis school east of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City. The school canceled classes for the day.

Al-Nasser Brigades adopts injuring an Israeli security official

The Al-Nasser Salahuddin Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, announced claimed to have injured an Israeli security official after firing a mortar shell on the western Naqab area.

In its statement, the Brigades said they fired 10 mortar shells toward an Israeli patrol near the Karm Abu Salem crossing south of Gaza.

The Israeli occupation army confirmed the shelling and injury.