.Palestinian sources: Teenager among four killed by IAF in Gaza
The Israel Air Force attacked about 40 targets across the Gaza Strip on Friday, on Day 21 of Israel's offensive on the Hamas-ruled coastal territory.
Palestinian sources said a 14-year-old was killed and several other people were wounded during an IAF attack on the Shabura refugee camp in souuthern Gaza. Three militants were also killed in IAF attacks, medics said.
The strikes came a day after the IAF killed Hamas Interior Minister Said Sayyam at the Gaza house where he was hiding. An official military statement said that the targets bombed Friday included smuggling tunnels along the Egyptian border, a rocket launcher ready for firing, and a mosque which housed a tunnel entrance and was also used to store arms.
The Israel Defense Forces also said that troops pinpointed a group of militants that had fired a mortar shell at Israel, and identified a hit.
Meanhile, the IDF announced that it would adhere to a four-hour humanitarian truce between 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. on Friday, to allow free flow of aid into the Gaza Strip.
Medics taking advantage of the pause said they had recovered 23 bodies on Friday from the previous day's fighting in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City's southwest, scene of some of the most intense clashes on Thursday.
IDF troops backed by helicopter gunships and tanks on Thursday thrust further into Gaza City than ever before in the current operation, seeking out Hamas gunmen and carrying out the army's most relentless shelling in Gaza yet.
Channel 10 television reported Thursday evening that troops were operating in the heart of the city, and had taken control of three of its neighborhoods. The television posed the question whether this could in fact be the delayed third stage of the IDF operation in Gaza.
The IDF also shelled the United Nations headquarters in Gaza City on Thursday, where hundreds of Gazans were seeking cover from the fighting among food and supplies meant for refugees. The attack infuriated the international body and drew words of caution from the United States.
The UN compound, comprising workshops and warehouses as well as offices, was struck about a half-dozen times over a roughly two-hour period while more than 700 civilians were sheltering there, said John Ging, head of Gaza operations for the UN Relief and Works Agency.
The civilians were huddling in the compound's vocational training center when it was struck by a tank round or an artillery shell, wounding three, Ging said. Throughout this time, he said, UN officials were frantically
contacting Israeli officials to urge an end to the firing on the UN
compound.
Am Israel Defense Force battalion commander and two other soldiers were lightly wounded in separate incidents during fighting in Gaza on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Gaza militants kept up their rocket fire at Israel, firing about 20 rockets on Thursday. One long-range rocket hit Be'er Sheva wounding five people, including a 7-year-old boy who was in
critical condition, hospital officials said.
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Palestinian sources said a 14-year-old was killed and several other people were wounded during an IAF attack on the Shabura refugee camp in souuthern Gaza. Three militants were also killed in IAF attacks, medics said.
The strikes came a day after the IAF killed Hamas Interior Minister Said Sayyam at the Gaza house where he was hiding. An official military statement said that the targets bombed Friday included smuggling tunnels along the Egyptian border, a rocket launcher ready for firing, and a mosque which housed a tunnel entrance and was also used to store arms.
The Israel Defense Forces also said that troops pinpointed a group of militants that had fired a mortar shell at Israel, and identified a hit.
Meanhile, the IDF announced that it would adhere to a four-hour humanitarian truce between 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. on Friday, to allow free flow of aid into the Gaza Strip.
Medics taking advantage of the pause said they had recovered 23 bodies on Friday from the previous day's fighting in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City's southwest, scene of some of the most intense clashes on Thursday.
IDF troops backed by helicopter gunships and tanks on Thursday thrust further into Gaza City than ever before in the current operation, seeking out Hamas gunmen and carrying out the army's most relentless shelling in Gaza yet.
Channel 10 television reported Thursday evening that troops were operating in the heart of the city, and had taken control of three of its neighborhoods. The television posed the question whether this could in fact be the delayed third stage of the IDF operation in Gaza.
The IDF also shelled the United Nations headquarters in Gaza City on Thursday, where hundreds of Gazans were seeking cover from the fighting among food and supplies meant for refugees. The attack infuriated the international body and drew words of caution from the United States.
The UN compound, comprising workshops and warehouses as well as offices, was struck about a half-dozen times over a roughly two-hour period while more than 700 civilians were sheltering there, said John Ging, head of Gaza operations for the UN Relief and Works Agency.
The civilians were huddling in the compound's vocational training center when it was struck by a tank round or an artillery shell, wounding three, Ging said. Throughout this time, he said, UN officials were frantically
contacting Israeli officials to urge an end to the firing on the UN
compound.
Am Israel Defense Force battalion commander and two other soldiers were lightly wounded in separate incidents during fighting in Gaza on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Gaza militants kept up their rocket fire at Israel, firing about 20 rockets on Thursday. One long-range rocket hit Be'er Sheva wounding five people, including a 7-year-old boy who was in
critical condition, hospital officials said.
Haarezt
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