(KUNA) -- Nine Palestinians were wounded early Friday and two houses were destroyed in an Israeli air raid of Jabaliya Camp and Gaza City, Gaza. Palestinian security sources said Israeli F-16s fired two missiles at a house belonging to Salem Thabit, a Fatah activist, in the Tal Zaitar district in Jabaliya, wounding six Palestinians and destroying the building completely.| “A spokesman for the Israeli Army claimed the two attacks had targeted weapons caches, adding that residents had been warned to evacuate the buildings...” |
Thabit had received a telephone call from the Israeli forces warning him that the house would be attacked.
Another air raid in Gaza City targeted another home and a workshop for repairing refrigerators. Witnesses and paramedics said three Palestinians were wounded in the attack, and that fire broke out in both the house and workshop that was located in the lower part of the building. Ambulances rushed to the site and the wounded were taken to Shifa Hospital, they added. A spokesman for the Israeli Army claimed the two attacks had targeted weapons caches, adding that residents had been warned to evacuate the buildings. |