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| PRC: Israeli shelling kills Gaza fighter |
| 2010-03-02 |
| [Ma'an] Israeli shells killed a member of the Popular Resistance Committees' (PRC) military wing in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip and injured a second on Monday. Abu Atayam, the spokesperson of the PRC's An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, said 20-year-old Muhammad Ghabein was killed while on an "observation mission," and monitoring Israeli activity at the Gaza border. Witnesses said four shells were fired at the area. Medical sources at the Kamal Udwan Hospital said a second man was injured by the border area shelling. According to residents, a second round of shells targeted Al-Qaraya Al-Badawiya, or Umm An-Nasser, a village north of the Beit Lahiya wastewater treatment plant. Locals in the village said several shells were fired at a residential area. An Israeli military spokesman told Ma'an "earlier this afternoon an IDF force identified a squad of Palestinian terror operatives preparing to plant an explosive device along the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip. The force on the scene fired tank shells toward the terror squad. One operative was killed by IDF fire and two were injured." The spokesman added that the army identified the operatives as members of the Popular Resistance Committee. According to the spokesman, during a sweep of the area, an anti-tank missile was fired at Israeli forces, with no damage or injuries caused. The spokesman said a motor bomb and "several other suspicious items" were found in the area. "The IDF will continue to operate firmly against anyone who uses terror against the state of Israel and sees Hamas as solely responsible for maintaining peace and quiet in the Gaza Strip," the spokesman concluded. |
| Posted by:Fred |