Palestinian Killed in Rafah Tunnel, Israeli Occupation Forces Shell Several Areas in Gaza Strip

One killed, two injured in Rafah tunnel collapse

Published today (updated) 27/09/2009 13:50

Gaza – Ma'an –

A young Palestinian man was killed and two others injured after a tunnel collapsed in the Al-Salam neighborhood of the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Sunday, medics said.

Mu'awiya Hassanain, director of ambulance and emergency services at the Ministry of Health, identified the deceased as 20-year-old Ismail Abu Julaidan. He said two others were pulled from the debris and treated on the spot.

Last Friday, another young man died and two more were injured in a similar collapse in the Brazil neighborhood of Rafah.

Smugglers maintain tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border, using them to import food, fuel, consumer goods, and anything else made scarce by an Israeli-led blockade of the tiny coastal Palestinian territory.

Witnesses: Israeli forces shelled Gaza overnight

Published today (updated) 27/09/2009 13:41

Gaza – Ma'an –

The Israeli occupation forces bombarded several areas in Gaza overnight, and a number of military vehicles crossed the border near Beit Lahiya in the north, witnesses said on Sunday.

Additionally, Israeli warships opened fire on fishermen on the northern Gaza coast, according to witnesses there.

Artillery shelling reportedly targeted the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya, while tanks and special forces reportedly entered the evacuated illegal Israeli settlement of Dogit, northwest of Beit Lahiya.

Machine gun fire was reported, and fighter jets were heard flying over the area.

Separately, in the Al-Waha area of the northern Gaza Strip, fishermen said they came under fire from Israeli warships. However no injuries were reported.

In Dair Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Israeli artillery bombarded open areas east of the city, according to residents. No casualties were reported there, either.

Three Palestinian fighters were killed and another injured in an Israeli airstrike on northeastern Gaza on Friday evening.

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