A+ A-

Al-Quds Brigades member dead, others wounded by raids on Gaza

GAZA, Nov 11 (KUNA) -- A member of Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamist Jihad movement, was KILLED and others wounded in a series of raids carried out by Israeli warplanes on Gaza Strip, Sunday morning.
Israeli reconnaissance aircraft carried out attacks on a group of Palestinians in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian source told KUNA.
The source said that the attacks resulted in the martyrdom of Mohammad Obeid, a 20 year-old Palestinian, and wounding others, who were immediately admitted at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya.
Al-Quds Brigades announced that Obeid is one of its members, noting in a statement distributed here this morning, that he was one of the "artillery unit" members.
With the death of Obeid, the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli escalation on the Gaza Strip since Saturday evening rose to six, including four boys and more than 37 others wounded.
In addition, Israeli warplanes carried out raids on a group of Palestinians southern Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast Gaza, Sunday morning.
There were no immediate reports of casualties, but the Palestinians' property was destroyed, the source added.
Israeli F-16s raided farmlands east of Khan Younis city, causing no injuries.
The Israeli warplanes also raided two houses in Al-Shajaiya neighborhood, eastern Gaza, and Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, which started fire in the houses, without causing any casualties.
Five Palestinians were killed and about 33 others were wounded by artillery and aerial shelling that targeted Gaza Strip.
"The shelling was a retaliation for targeting one of the Israeli army's cars on the Israel-Gaza border with an anti-tank missile, which injured four of our soldiers," said an Israeli army source. (end) mzt.ba KUNA 111505 Nov 12NNNN