[News] Israeli air strike wounds nine

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Israeli air strike wounds nine

Thursday 24 August 2006 11:00 PM GMT


Israeli aircraft attacked two buildings in the Gaza Strip early on 
Friday, wounding at least nine people, Palestinian officials said.

The first air strike targeted the home of a local armed resistance 
leader in the northern town of Jabalya.

Relatives of Salim Thabet, an activist of al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 
in the northern town of Jabalya, said the army told him to evacuate 
the home about 15 minutes before the air strike.

The relatives said they were told to remain out of the area because 
more attacks were possible.

Hospital officials said the five people in a nearby house were 
moderately wounded.

The second air strike hit a two-storey home in Gaza City, setting the 
structure on fire and causing heavy damage. Several nearby homes were 
damaged, and four people were moderately wounded, officials said.

Missile fired

Security officials said one missile fired at the home did not 
explode, and a bomb squad was called in to dismantle it.

The army said both air strikes had targeted weapons-storage 
facilities, and that it warned occupants to leave the areas before 
the attacks. The army, which carried out similar attacks earlier this 
week, says the warnings are meant to avoid civilian casualties.

Israel launched an offensive in Gaza on June 28, three days after 
fighters infiltrated Israel and captured an Israeli soldier. Despite 
the offensive, the soldier still has not been released.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a group loosely linked to the Fatah 
movement of Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president.

Hamas leader held

Earlier on Thursday, witnesses said Israeli forces killed a 
Palestinian and detained a senior member of the governing Hamas 
movement in a southern Gaza raid.

An Israeli army spokesman said Israeli soldiers clashed with 
Palestinian fighters during the raid on a house in the southern Gaza 
village of Abasan near the town of Khan Yunus.

Witnesses said an Israeli helicopter fired two missiles.

Family members said the Palestinian man killed on Thursday was 
Youssef Abu Daqqa, the brother of Younis Abu Daqqa, a prominent 
member of Hamas in southern Gaza. Younis was detained.

Jihad leader shot

On Wednesday, a top Palestinian armed faction leader in the West Bank 
was shot in the head and seriously wounded, fighters and hospital 
officials said.

Aljazeera said Husam Jaradat, the West Bank leader of Islamic Jihad's 
military wing al-Quds Brigades, sustained serious injuries after 
Israeli soldiers attempted to assassinate him in Jenin's refugee camp.

Medics said he was taken to hospital and was in critical condition.

Undercover unit

An Israeli undercover unit stormed the camp, broke into a house and 
opened fire at Jaradat, Aljazeera said.

But Islamic Jihad said they were not sure Israel was behind the 
shooting. The Israeli army said it was checking the report.

Late on Wednesday, an Israeli tank fired a shell at two men who 
approached Gaza's border fence with Israel near Abasan, according to 
Palestinian officials and the army.

Israel has killed more than 200 Palestinians - most of them 
resistance fighters - since the offensive began two months ago. 
Palestinian officials fear that Israel, after battling Hezbollah 
fighters to a stalemate in Lebanon, will now turn its full attention 
back on Gaza.

Agencies

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