Two Palestinians, One Israeli Killed, Including 4-Year-Old Palestinian Girl in Khuza'a, Mother Injured

4-year-old girl killed, mother injured in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip

Date: 05 / 06 / 2008 Time: 15:40
Gaza - Ma’an -

A 4-year-old girl was killed and her mother was seriously injured in an Israeli airstrike, east of the town of Khuza’a in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday. Another civilian was also injured.

Medical sources said that 4-year-old Aya Hamdan Al-Najjar was killed, and her mother, 37-year-old Zahra Ibrahim Al-Najjar, was seriously injured in the Israeli raid.

Mu’awiya Hassanain, head of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian health ministry said the little girl was torn to pieces by the Israeli missile.

Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli forces in the area called for military back up and moved towards civilian houses under heavy gunfire.

Israeli occupation army kills one, injures two as rival clans clash near Jewish settlement
Date: 05 / 06 / 2008 Time: 15:24
Hebron - Ma’an -

Israeli occupation forces killed a young Palestinian man and injured two others after they opened fire on armed civilians, engaged in clan clashes, in the Jabal Johar area of Hebron on Thursday.

According to the Israeli occupation army, armed Palestinians were discharging gunfire in a clan fight near an illegal Israeli settlement in the city. Israeli occupation soldiers retaliated by opening fire, killing one and injuring two of five armed Palestinians who were shooting from a moving car.

Medical sources in the the Al-Ahli hospital in Hebron said 22-year-old Adham Majed Al-Rajabi was dead on arrival at hospital. He died of a bullet wound to the chest.

Two civilians with bullet wound to the shoulder are also being treated in Al-Ahli hospital. Their condition has been described as stable.

Armed clashes between the rival Ar-Rajabi and Al-'Ajluni families in Hebron have been ongoing for two days. A 13-year-old boy from Hebron died after being hit in the head by a stray bullet during the clashes on Wednesday.

Israeli killed, five injured in Al-Qassam brigades rocket attack on Nir Oz kibbutz

Date: 05 / 06 / 2008 Time: 13:17
Bethlehem – Ma'an -

An Israeli was killed and five others were injured, two seriously, when an Al-Qassam Brigades rocket landed near a factory in the Nir 'Oz kibbutz in the west Negev.

Israeli sources said that the wounded were transferred to Soroka Hospital in Be'ersheva for treatment.

According to Haim Yelin the head of the cooperative council, said the warning siren did not sound resulting in workers not having enough time to move to a safe area.

Al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was a retaliation to Israeli attacks.

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