 Two local leaders have been killed in an Israeli air strike targeting a car in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Six civilians, including one seriously, were also injured in Tuesday's attack when an Israeli aircraft slammed a missile into the vehicle travelling near the Jabaliya refugee camp, medical sources said. Hassan al-Madhun, 32, a local commander of the Nabil Massud Brigades, an armed wing of the Al Aqsa Martrys Brigades, was killed, security sources said.
| Wait a minute. I thought the al-Aqsa Martyrs were the armed wing of Fatah? How does an armed wing have an armed wing? |
The other victim was identified as Fayez Abu al-Qaraa, 37, a local leader of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.
Aljazeera's Gaza correspondent Wael al-Dahdouh reported both al-Madhun and al-Qaraa were travelling in a jeep close to al-Falluja district in Jibalia, north of Gaza. An Israeli drone fired two or three rockets at the vehicle, witnesses said. The attack resulted in destroying the car and killing the two Palestinian activists whose mutilated bodies were taken to hospital.
The Israeli occupation forces accuse al-Madhun of involvement and executing several military operations against Israeli targets, before Israel's pull-out from Gaza. A senior Hamas official told AFP Israel has "started a war" by killing the two men.
| They always say that, don't they? |
"Israel has started a war with this assassination and it will pay a heavy price," he said bravely speaking on condition of anonymity.
| Doesn't want to eat a Hellfire for shooting off his mouth, huh? |
The Israeli army confirmed the blast, saying the airforce had "attacked a vehicle carrying a senior activist from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades called Hassan Madoun". |