At least ten Palestinians were injured at predawn on Friday when
Israeli warplanes destroyed by missiles two Palestinian owned homes
in northern Gaza Strip and in Gaza City, witnesses and local
residents said.
Eyewitnesses said that three Palestinian civilians were injured
after an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at a house that
includes a metal workshop in Gaza City, adding that the house was
completely destroyed.
One of the missiles did not explode, said the residents, adding
that explosives experts as well as ambulances and firefighters
arrived at the scene and evacuated the three civilians to a Gaza
hospital.
Shortly before the house was targeted, Israeli F16 warplanes
targeted another house in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza
Strip, said local residents, adding that the house which consists
of four flours was completely destroyed.
Palestinian medics said that seven Palestinians were injured in
the airstrike on the house that belongs to a Palestinian militant,
member of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah movement's armed
wing.
Palestinian security sources reported that the Israeli army
notified the owners of the two houses on telephone that they should
evacuate their homes because the Israeli warplanes would destroy
them.
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(Xinhua News Agency August 26, 2006)
