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Hamas: Gaza blast wasnt Israeli fire
[Ma'an] A Hamas fighter was killed and three others injured in an Izbat Abed Rabbo area explosion in the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun, Hamas said on Tuesday. The announcement, noting the incident was an "internal explosion" confirmed what an Israeli security source told Ma'an late Monday night, that "as far as we can tell, it was an internal blast." A Hamas statement identified the slain fighter as Thaer Khadir, saying he was killed "during a Jihad mission," without elaborating. One of three injured fighters suffered cardiac arrest and was attached to a life-support machine, the statement added. Initial reports indicated that Khadir was killed by Israeli shelling, but an Israeli military spokeswoman said the country's forces were not operating in the area of the blast, which came 24 hours after three operatives from Islamic Jihad's military wing were killed in an airstrike in Gaza City. Posted by: Fred 2010-01-13 |
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