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| Qassam rocket fired at Israel kills two children in Gaza Strip |
| 2007-08-07 |
| Too bad, so sad... A Qassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing an eight-year-old boy and his six-year-old sister, and injuring five other children. The rocket, fired at Israel, fell short and hit the children's house in the village of Beit Lahiya. No group claimed responsibility. Nope, I ain't payin for it... Moaiya Hassanain, a Palestinian health official, said the wounded were evacuated to hospital for medical treatment. The Kamal Adwan hospital identified the dead children as eight-year-old Wesam Abed Allah and his six-year-old sister Hala. The Associated Press had earlier quoted witnesses as saying the blast was the result of the children playing with a homemade rocket or a mortar shell that they had stumbled upon. It is not uncommon for Qassam rockets fired at Israel to land inside the Gaza Strip. That's okay. Make 'em martyrs, toss mom and pops a few bucks...all is forgiven. All in the spirit of The Struggle... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #3 Oopies.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-08-07 13:07 |
| #2 And we have the Pali view, courtesy of Ma'an... Unexploded Israeli rocket detonates killing two children in Gaza Gaza – Ma'an – Palestinian child, Hala Wael Abdalah, aged 7, and her brother, Islam, aged 9, were killed in an explosion on Tuesday morning in a housing estate, in the An Nada area of the northern Gaza Strip. Eight others were injured in the incident. The cause of the explosion has not been verified. Palestinian medical sources from Kamal Adwan Hospital said that Hala arrived dead, with her body severely burnt and in pieces. Her brother, Islam, died shortly after arriving at hospital. Ma'an contacted local residents in the area to decipher the cause of the incident. Many said they believe it was a Palestinian homemade projectile, launched by one of the factions and targeting Israel, which landed in the area and killed the two children. None of the factions have as yet announced responsibility for launching the projectile. A leader within the Palestinian resistance commented on Ma'an's report of the death of the children. He said "the investigation of the resistance revealed that the explosion resulted from an unexploded rocket, launched by the Israelis." He added "the rocket was found by the children and while they were playing with it, it exploded and caused the disaster." The source vehemently denied any Palestinian resistance activity in that area at the time. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-08-07 12:47 |
| #1 It is not uncommon for Qassam rockets fired at Israel to land inside the Gaza Strip. Resistance™ is futile. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-07 12:34 |