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Gaza: First man killed since ceasefire end
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Source: CCTV.com | 12-21-2008 11:38
Violence is continuing in and around Gaza, resulting in the first death since Hamas formally declared an end to a six-month truce with Israel.
Palestinians mourn over the body of Ali Hijazi during his funeral at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. One Palestinian gunman was killed and three people were wounded by an Israeli air strike in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday as rocket and mortar fire from the territory hit southern Israel. (AFP/Mahmud Hams) |
Palestinian medics say a militant was killed in an Israeli air strike. The Israeli army says the attack targeted a rocket-launching squad in northern Gaza, where militants had fired 10 rockets and at least 23 mortar shells into Israel, causing some property damage but no casualties.