Bystander killed, 26 wounded in Israeli missile strike

[vierundzwanzig]

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Bystander killed, 26 wounded in Israeli missile strike

Tuesday, August 26, 2003

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(08-26) 09:37 PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) --

An Israeli helicopter fired three missiles at the car of a Hamas fugitive Tuesday, killing a bystander and wounding at least 26, doctors and witnesses said.

The target of the attack, a member of the Hamas military wing, managed to flee before the missiles struck the vehicle, witnesses said. At the time of the strike, the car was stuck in a traffic jam just north of Gaza City, near the Jebaliya refugee camp.

Shadi Tayan, who owns a bookstore in the area, said "the people in the car jumped out and ran in two different directions" after one rocket hit near the front of the vehicle. After the men fled, two more missiles hit.

Three men were in the car, including Wael Ekalan of the Hamas military wing, witnesses said

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/08/26/international1234EDT0591.DTL

[vierundzwanzig]

1. Innocent or guilty

as long as they're Palestinian they're open season.

Palestine has a reason to defend itself.

[nn2004]

3. Palestinians need to arrest these hamas terrorists themselves

That way Israel would not have to take the steps they must now take to eliminate those that are blowing up busses of kids. The PA was given a window to bring in these terrorists and so far has let them run free and hide among innocent Palestinians.

[newyorican]

2. beat me to it

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/333570.html

Bystander killed in failed IAF assassination attempt in Gaza

Israel Air Force helicopters fired three missiles
at a target north of Gaza City on Tuesday evening,
killing at least one person and wounding around 26
others, according to hospital officials in the
Gaza Strip.

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Resident Shadi Tayan, who owns a
bookstore in the area, said
"the people in the car jumped
out and ran in two different
directions" after one rocket
landed near the front of the
car. After the men fled, two
more missiles hit.

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The attack killed bystander Hassan Hamlawi, 65,
who was sitting on the sidewalk outside his
water pipe shop when the missiles hit nearby.
Among those wounded were four children,
including an 8-year-old boy in critical
condition, doctors said.

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