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2 Palestinian Workers Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces Missiles on Rafah Tunnel

Editor's Note:

The Israeli occupation government continue the daily killing of Palestinians who tried in this case to smuggle supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip from Egypt. Despite the outcries, the brutal Israeli siege continues and the capitulations of world governments continues with it, a disgraceful stage of human history.

 

Two Palestinians killed, one wounded in Israeli occupation airstrikes

[ 25/06/2010 - 10:54 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

Two Palestinians were killed Friday in an Israeli occupation air strike that targeted tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip district of Rafah at the border between with Egypt.

Dr. Muaweyah Hasanin, the director general of emergency services at the Health Ministry, told PIC correspondent that one of the victims was identified as Amer Abu Hadayed (22 years) and the victim was awaiting identification.

Local sources that both victims worked in the tunnels and that a 21-year-old Palestinian man was also wounded in the airstrike.

There were four Israeli occupation airstrikes targeting various parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, two in the north of the Gaza Strip and two in the south.

2 bodies pulled from bombed Gaza tunnel

Published yesterday (updated) 26/06/2010 09:32 Gaza - Ma'an -

 Medics pulled two bodies of Palestinians from a Rafah-area tunnel following overnight airstrikes launched by Israeli occupation forces fighter jets Friday.

Officials said the young men were inside the tunnels during the strike and were crushed by falling rock and sand.

One was identified by medics as Amer Abu Hadid, 23, while the second remains unnamed. A third was said to have been injured.

All three were taken to the Abu Yousuf Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah.

No injuries were reported on the strikes in northern Gaza, but severe damage to buildings was recorded.

The deaths mark the first resulting from Israeli fire since commandos boarded an aid ship in international waters and commandeered the vessels, killing eight Turkish nationals and one dual Turkish-US citizen.

Bodies Of Two Palestinians Located Under Tunnel Bombarded By Israeli occupation forces jets

Saturday June 26, 2010 01:15 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Friday afternoon, that the bodies of two Palestinians were located under the rubble of a tunnel that was bombarded by the Israeli occupation forces jets, in Rafah, on Friday at dawn.

One of the two Palestinians was identified as Amer Atwa Abu Hadayid, 23, while the second Palestinian remained unknown until the time of this report. A third Palestinian was also wounded in the attack.

Earlier on Friday at dawn, the Israeli Air Force fired carried several air strikes targeting areas in the southern and northern parts of the Gaza Strip.

The attacks targeted Beit Lahia and Jabalia, in northern Gaza, and at least two tunnels in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli Army said that the bombarded areas include weapon storage facilities used by Palestinian resistance groups, and two tunnels in Rafah.

The army added that the shelling came in retaliation to 10 mortars fired towards Israel.

Israeli Air Force Strikes Gaza, Resident Wounded

Friday June 25, 2010 11:20 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

The Israeli occupation air forces carried out, on Friday at dawn, four air strikes targeting areas in the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip; one resident was wounded.

Local sources reported that the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles at empty lands east of Jabalia and Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no injuries.

The army also shelled an area south of the Gaza International Air Port in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, inflicting one injury.

Furthermore, the army bombarded an area in al-Salaam neighborhood in Rafah.

The Israeli army stated that the shelling targeted tunnels, weapon storage facilities, and that the attacks came in retaliation to homemade shells fired at settlements and military basis across the Gaza border.

UPDATE:

2 Palestinians working in the tunnels were found dead after the bombings.

 





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