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Friday, April 2, 2010

Israeli warplanes fire on Gaza, 3 children injured

Ma'an
Israeli warplanes launched attacks across the Gaza Strip early Friday, destroying several buildings.

A Ma’an reporter in Khan Younis said the aircraft bombed three targets in that area, including a site housing Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV network.

In Gaza City, warplanes targeted the Daloul cheese and diary factory in the Sabra neighborhood. Houses were damaged nearby.

Aircraft fired two missiles at a police station in the Nusseirat refugee camp in addition to other sites in central Gaza, including a telecommunications company.

.... three children were hurt in one of the blasts.

The children were injured in a strike targeting the Daloul cheese and diary factory in the Sabra neighborhood. Several homes around the factory were damage...

Hassanein identified the children as: one-year-old Malak Mas'ad Al-Arabid, her four-year-old brother Sa'd, and cousin Abdul Rahman Sarsur, 11...

Palestinians across the coastal enclave said dozens of Israeli aircraft were spotted overhead...   Full story
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