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| Israel army withdraws from south Gaza; 1 injured |
| 2010-04-09 |
| [Ma'an] Israeli forces withdrew from the southern Gaza Strip late Thursday afternoon, leaving one person moderately injured, officials said hours after Israeli forces used military bulldozers to dig up farmland in the area. Hani Al-Hur, a man in his 20s, was taken to Nasser Hospital with shrapnel injuries sustained when Israeli forces invaded the Al-Qurara area north of Khan Younis earlier the same day, sources within the de facto security forces told Ma'an by phone. Muawiya Hassanein, head of emergency and ambulance services in the Gaza Health Ministry, confirmed that a man in his 20s was taken to Nasser Hospital. Hassanein described the man's injuries as moderate. Meanwhile, a number of Palestinian factions said they launched projectiles at armored Israeli vehicles that drove into Khan Younis. Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigades reported that its forces targeted an armored Israeli vehicle with an RPG east of the southern Gaza city. The Popular Resistance Committees' Salah Ad-Din Brigades stated that its forces fired nine mortars at a gathering of armored Israeli vehicles that invaded the area of Abasan Al-Jadida east of Khan Younis, the site of deadly clashes late last month. Israeli forces reportedly entered 300 meters into Gaza's Al-Qurara district hours earlier, destroying civilian and agricultural lands. Five Israeli military vehicles entered south of the Kissufim military base and canvassed the area, apparently to search for resistance fighters, witnesses said. An Israeli military spokesman confirmed a patrol was operating in the central Gaza area. "Palestinians opened fire on the patrol" during a regular military activity involving the search for explosives, the official said, adding that no injuries were reported, but damage was sustained to one army vehicle. |
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