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U.S. made Israeli Warplanes Hit civilians in Gaza, 40 Civilians Wounded |
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by Tomas Hill
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15 Jul 2002
Modified: 10:06:40 AM |
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KHAN YUNIS: US-made Israeli Apache helicopters and F-16s attacked parts of the Gaza Strip, and bombed several areas in the town of Khan Yunis. 40 civilians were wounded in the attack, which also destroyed several homes. |
Eyewitness said that the Israeli aircrafts have destroyed several buildings.
some residents who lived nearby were hit by flying debris and taken to local hospitals for treatment.
Eyewitnesses say they saw several Israeli Apache helicopters and an F-16 fighter plane in the area at the time of the raid. The aircraft fired rockets at a Palestinian building near the town of Khan Yunis.
Israeli officials claim that the building housed a laboratory for making explosive devices for Hamas.
Israel has frequently fired on Palestinian civilians in a policy it calls "slaughter the witnesses
A Palestinian witness said the F-16 warplane fired a rocket that destroyed a three-story house nearby. Hospital officials said 40 people were injured in the air raid, all of them civilians.
Israeli army radio said the three-story house had been the home of a Palestinian suicide bomber from Hamas.
Meanwhile, Israeli military sources said border guards captured a Palestinian in the northern West Bank near the Green Line with Israel after he opened fire on a patrol.
It said that the guards confiscated an explosive belt and an Israeli uniform which they said was destined for use in an attack on the northern Israeli town of Afula. They said the man was a member of the Islamic Jihad group.
The Israeli report couldn’t be confirmed.
The incident came a day after the army said it intercepted a vehicle with Israeli license plates in the West Bank headed for a ‘major attack’ against Israel.
The Israeli army, which lifted the daytime curfew Saturday in most West Bank towns seized since June 19, left or reimposed it in some areas Sunday. Top military brass suggested that the deadly occupation might stay for months. Over 400 Palestinians have been killed since the return of the Israeli army to areas under PA control. |
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