Israel kills 25 Palestinians in Gaza Strip

Published July 27th, 2006 - 05:17 GMT

The Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that the death toll Wednesday in Gaza climbed to 25. MOH added that three more people died of wounds they sustained ealier in the day after being wounded during the Israeli bombardment.

 

It added that at least 70 people, including children and women, were wounded during the Israeli attacks.

 

In the biggest attack, at least ten Palestinians were killed and scores of others were wounded on Wednesday in the continued Israeli agression against the Palestinian people in t the Gaza Strip.

 

According to WAFA, security sources said that seven Palestinians died, including a child and more than 35 others were injured, including three of the same family, when Israeli artillery bombarded houses in Shaja'yeh neighbourhood and around Karni (Mintar) crossing, east of Gaza City.

 

In the meantime an Israeli drone launched at least a missile on a group of Palestinians in Sha'f neighbourhood east of Gaza City, killing one and wounding others.

 

At pre-dawn, two Palestinians were also killed as an Israeli drone fired one missile on their car which was traveling along Saladin Road, in central Gaza.

 

Medical sources at al-Shifa hospital reported that 11 of the wounded were in serious condition while the bodies of the victims were scattered into parts and completely burned.

 

Later, Israeli forces killed two children in the refugee camp of Jabalia, north of Gaza, medical sources and witnesses said. Hospital sources, in Gaza, told WAFA that Shahid, 18-month-old, and his sister, Samar 9, were killed and two other people were wounded during the Israeli bombardment of houses north of Gaza.

 

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