Israeli shelling kills a Palestinian fighter in Beit Lahiya, injures a second

Published today (updated) 01/03/2010 15:19

Gaza – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces shelled and killed a member of the Popular Resistance Committees’ (PRC) military wing in Beit Lahiya and injured a second on Monday, as reports came in of a second round of shells near Al-Qaraya Al-Badawiya, also in the northern Strip.

Abu Atayam, the spokesperson of the PRC's An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, said 20-year-old Muhammad Ghabein was killed while on an "observation mission," and monitoring Israeli activity at the Gaza border. Witnesses said four shells were fired at the area.

Medical sources at the Kamal Udwan Hospital said a second man was injured by the border area shelling.

A second round of shells targeted Al-Qaraya Al-Badawiya, or Umm An-Nasser, a village north of the Beit Lahiya wastewater treatment plant.

Locals in the village said several shells were fired at a residential area.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was looking into the report.

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