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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Israel shells several areas in Gaza

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The Israeli army shelled on Monday evening several homes and lands east of Gaza city causing excessive damage. The army also shelled homes in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

File - Image by PCHR
File - Image by PCHR

Local sources reported that the army shelled several homes north east of Al Shujaeyya, east of Gaza City.

Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli tanks and armored vehicles were noticed along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.

On Monday evening, soldiers stationed at the Kissufim military base, at the southern borders of the Gaza Strip, shelled several homes and lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Earlier on Monday, several military vehicles invaded Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Eight tanks and two military bulldozers advanced for a hundred meters into Beit Hanoun and bulldozed farmlands.

Soldiers also fired at a number of homes in the area, causing damage.

Meanwhile, Israeli military sources reported that a mortar-shell was fired towards the Western Negev, no injuries were reported.

Also, Palestinian fighters fired a shell on Sunday morning at a Kibbutz that belongs to the Sdot Hanegev Regional Council in the Negev.

On Sunday evening, two mortars were fired at the Erez terminal, but the two shells landed and detonated in the Palestinian side of the crossing; no damage or injuries were reported. Full story