At least eleven Palestinians have been wounded after an Israeli helicopter gunship fired missiles at a car in the Gaza Strip in an assassination attempt. One member of the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, who was inside the vehicle, was wounded in the attack, the second missile strike in Gaza in less than a week. Two missiles slammed into the vehicle in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood. Bystanders were wounded by flying glass and shrapnel. "I saw a flame hit a small car and people trying to escape from the car," said Rauf Musalam, a business owner who witnessed the attack, reported an Israeli newspaper. "Apaches (helicopters) were overhead as people rushed to help the wounded". The Israeli army had no immediate comment on the attack.
"IDF Customer Service. How may I help you?...
A U.S.-made Apache helicopter, you say?...
Zapped them, did it?...
Uhuh... How many puppies and kittens?...
I'm sorry. My records don't show an Apache in that area at that time. Are you sure it was ours?...
Yes, I know, but it could have been Egyptian, y'know? Mi-24's look kind of like Apaches from the ground..." |
Last Thursday, an Israeli helicopter missile attack in Gaza City killed the commander of the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, a top deputy and three civilians. Minutes after that attack, the first such air strike in two months of relative calm in the territories, a bomber killed four Israelis at a bus stop outside of Tel Aviv. |