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| Israel-Palestine |
| Israelis kill two, knock down buildings |
| 2002-04-16 |
| Israeli warplanes carried out a raid on the Jabalia refugee camp for Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, killing one person and wounding 25 others, Palestinian security officials said. One Palestinian was shot dead by troops earlier in the day. Abdel-Salam Yunis was found dead under the rubble of the Palestinian public security headquarters in the area destroyed by the raid, according to the same sources. Israeli planes fired three rockets. Among those wounded in the Israeli strike are civilians and members of the Palestinian security forces, Palestinian medical sources said. Moaweyah Abu Hassanein, chief of emergency at Shifa Hospital in Gaza said the hospital received one slain Palestinian public security officer and 25 injured. Witnesses said nurses and firefighters were trying to remove the body of another killed public security officer from underneath the rubble of the destroyed building. The witnesses said the F-16 flew over Gaza for about 10 minutes before starting to fire rockets at the building, adding that three big explosions were heard in the area. They said ambulances and firefighters arrived at the scene to battle the flames. |
| Posted by:Fred |