3 children hurt in Israeli air raids on Gaza: hospital
AFP / AFP
01-Apr-2010

GAZA CITY — Three children were injured by flying glass as Israeli
F16 fighter planes flew six raids against the Gaza Strip overnight,
hospital staff, witnesses and Hamas officials said Friday.

The
three children, aged two, four and 11, were hit by flying glass in a
raid on the Sabra district, in the western part of Gaza City, said
Moawiya Hassanein, head of the Palestinian emergency services in Gaza.

The
air strikes came after the latest in a series of rocket attacks from
Gaza into southern Israel, when one landed in town of Ashkelon late
Thursday, causing damage but no casualties, said the Israeli army.

Three
Israeli air strikes targetted an area west of Khan Yunis, in the
southern part of the Palestinian territory controlled by Hamas. Two of
the missiles hit a guard post of Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine
Al-Qassam Brigades.

A fourth raid destroyed a worskhop in the
refugee camp of Nusseirat, in central Gaza.

In two other air
raids, Israeli fighters targetted points in the west of Gaza City,
completely destroying a small dairy factory in the Sabra district, said
witnesses.

The attacks were carried out by F16 fighters, the
witnesses said.

Israel's armed forces have launched regular air
raids on the Gaza Strip in recent weeks, responding to repeated rocket
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