 GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli missile struck a house in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing two Palestinian militants terrorists, Palestinian witnesses and medics said. They said the air strike targeted the home of a member of al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement. It followed a Palestinian suicide bombing that killed five Israelis on Monday.
DEBKA sez:Three Fatah-al Aqsa operatives killed by Israeli airborne missiles fired at a house in Beit Lahiya, N. Gaza Strip. | I love the smell of crispy Fatah in the morning |
From Rooters: GAZA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - An Israeli aircraft fired a missile into the Gaza Strip on Thursday targetting Palestinian militants three days after a suicide bomber killed five people outside a shopping centre in an Israeli coastal town. Palestinian witnesses said the missile was fired toward a group of militants who were training with rocket-propelled grenade launchers in an open area near the southern town of Khan Younis. There were no immediate reports of casualties.| Same strike or different area? |
The Israeli army said it was targetting suspected Palestinian rocket launching sites to prevent further rocket fire into the Jewish state. |