One Palestinian killed, 25 wounded in an Israeli raid against Gaza

The Israeli helicopters yesterday launched a new raid against Gaza, its 6th in 12 days and resulted in killing a member of the Hamas movement and wounding 25 others.

Palestinian security sources said that the raid "was carried out by Israeli Apache helicopters at the cover of the Israeli warplanes and fired at least three missiles at the car in al-Wahda street near the governmental complex and this resulted in setting fire in the car and damaging another as well as destroying a neighboring house."

Palestinian sources and witnesses said the targeted car was carrying three members of the Hamas movement. One of them was killed and the other two were able to flee. A medical source said that the murdered Palestinian is Khuder Badawi al-Hosari ( 36 year old) of al-Shuja'eyah quarters in Gaza. He added that more than 20 persons were wounded in the raid including three in critical health conditions. Among the wounded are four woman and four children among the passersby.

Palestinian security sources said that the occupation army incurred in the territories of Deir al-Balah which is under the Palestinian control in the downtown of Gaza and blocked Salah Eddine main road which links between the north and south parts of the sector.