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Israeli Man and Gaza Child Die in Strikes
A mortar fired from Gaza killed a 52-year-old Israeli worker on Thursday, and two hours later, an Israeli missile aimed at the source apparently killed a 4-year-old girl playing in her yard. The Israeli army said it believed the missile hit the Hamas militant aimed at, but Palestinian medical workers said the missile hit a nearby house, killing the child and wounding her mother. The Israelis said they could not confirm that but were checking. Maj. Avital Leibovich, an Israeli military spokeswoman, said that if a child was indeed hit, it would be further evidence of the way Hamas fires from within civilian areas. She said two weeks ago, Israeli commandos in Gaza found missile launchers and anti-tank missiles buried near a school basketball court. We try to take out the mortar and rocket launchers, she said. But they are mobile and lightweight. Palestinian witnesses in the southeastern portion of Gaza that came under counterattack said the Israeli missile attack was from a drone but they were not sure if the child suffered a direct hit or shrapnel wounds. She was not identified by name. The Israeli killed Thursday, was Amnon Ronsenberg, a 52-year-old father of three. He was the 16th person killed since 2004 by mortar or rocket fire from Gaza. Hamas, which has ruled Gaza alone for the past year, said it fired three mortar shells as a response to the nonstop aggression against our people. Posted by: Fred 2008-06-06 |
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