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Senior Palestinian commander killed in Gaza
2009-03-05
A senior Palestinian commander has been killed in an Israeli air strike carried out in cooperation with Shin Bet in northern Gaza. Khaled Kharb Khalad Shaalan, a senior commander in the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, was killed and his second-in-command Hamzia al-Najah was in a critical condition, AFP reported on Wednesday.
Pray for sepsis ...
An Israeli army spokesman confirmed the attack, saying it had "targeted and killed" Shaalan whom the army claimed was involved in recent rocket attacks on Israel.

According to Palestinian medics, five bystanders were also wounded in the attack which came on a vehicle near a mosque in the town of Beit Lahiya.

Meanwhile an Islamic Jihad spokesman said the two members of the group were hit as they drove through the Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza City and vowed Dire Revenge™! to "avenge this aggression."

Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli jets launched another attack on the southern Gaza Strip wounding four Palestinians.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Donors' conference would be even a better target.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-03-05 01:45  

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