Palestine

[Medical sources: Israeli forces killed 17 Palestinians since dawn this morning in the Gaza Strip.tit]



(Gaza City) Bisan Hisham 12 July 06



Doctors are reporting 17 Palestinian deaths at the hands of continual Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn this morning. Among the dead are nine members of the same family. Israeli forces killed the rest in air and ground attacks on various parts of the Strip.



In another attack, Israeli tanks launched a raid east of the mid-Gaza Strip town of Deir Al Belah, targeting a group of Palestinian armed resistance members. Medical sources at Nasser Hospital Medical City in the southern Strip?s Khan Younis, two of the killed are hospitalized, while another two are unable to be recovered. Their bodies are out on the ground and Israeli forces are targeting the ambulance crews who attempt to recover them.



Palestinian medical sources reported that Israeli tanks shelled and killed a Palestinian and seriously injured another in Deir Al Belah while two people drove in a car along Salah Addin Road. The doctors said that the young 19 year old Tareq Nassar died from his injuries, while young 21 year old Hamza Al Jawarni is in surgery with injuries described as critical.



And Israeli forces killed a Palestinian security officer during another Israeli incursion east of the town of Deir Al Belah in the mid-Strip. The attack was on members of the Palestinian armed resistance who intended to fight back against the invasion from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Acting in accordance with international law with their right to defend themselves against the occupier, the group intended to launch a homemade projectile at the Israelis.



That death brings the days death toll once again to a high number, this time 17, including the nine-member family Israeli forces killed while firing a missile into their northern Gaza City home at dawn Wednesday, and two other Palestinians.



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