A Palestinian militant leader has been injured in an apparent Israeli missile strike on his car, reports say. Jamal Abu Samhadana, the head of an umbrella group of militant factions, the Popular Resistance Committees, was travelling on a road in southern Gaza. A spokesman for the group said Mr Samhadana was not seriously injured. | Pity, I'm still hoping for infection. |
The Israeli military earlier killed four Palestinians in Rafah it said were militants suspected of smuggling weapons across the border with Egypt. Three bodies were recovered soon after midnight and a fourth was recovered at daybreak, sources said. | So, it's not all bad news. |
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had pledged that Israel would "maintain the calm" in the absence of attacks by Palestinian militants.
The white vehicle carrying Mr Samhadana was hit by a missile fired from an unmanned spy plane, according to witnesses. Two bodyguards travelling with him were also wounded, hospital officials said. The men ran from the car just before it blew up, witnesses said. | "INCOMING! Feet, don't fail me now!" |
An Israeli missile struck a car Mr Samhadana was using in August but he escaped serious injury. His militant group has been linked by security services to several attacks on Israeli settlers and soldiers. There has been no comment about the incident from the Israeli military. |