Is this who the "target" was?
Posted on 02/07/2004 12:51:56 AM PST by HAL9000
A vehicle was blown apart in a loud explosion in Gaza City on Saturday, witnesses said.The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.
Loud explosion heard in Gaza Strip
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A vehicle was blown apart in an explosion in Gaza City on Saturday, injuring at least three people, witnesses said.
The cause of the blast was not immediately clear. Witnesses saw the wreckage of a white Peugeot and heard Israeli warplanes in the sky around the time of the explosion.
Israel's military has routinely targeted Palestinian militants in air strikes throughout more than three years of fighting.
Car destroyed in explosion in Gaza City, killing bodyguard of Islamic Jihad leader
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A vehicle was blown apart in an explosion in Gaza City on Saturday, killing the bodyguard of an Islamic Jihad leader and injuring at least nine people, witnesses and doctors said.
The cause of the blast was not immediately clear. Witnesses saw the wreckage of a white Peugeot and heard Israeli warplanes in the sky around the time of the explosion. Israel's military has routinely targeted Palestinian militants in airstrikes throughout more than three years of fighting.
The blast killed, Aziz Mahmoud al-Shami, a top bodyguard of Islamic Jihad leader Abdullah Shami. It was not immediately known if the Islamic Jihad leader was also in the car.
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Is this who the "target" was?
Car destroyed in apparent Israeli air strike in Gaza City, two killed
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A vehicle was blown apart in an apparent Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Saturday, killing the bodyguard of an Islamic Jihad leader and an 11-year-old boy, witnesses and doctors said.
Nine people were wounded in the blast, which ripped apart the front end of a white Peugeot. Some witnesses reported seeing a rocket fired from an aircraft and heard Israeli warplanes in the sky around the time of the explosion.
Aziz Mahmoud al-Shami, a top bodyguard of Islamic Jihad leader Abdullah Shami, as well as an 11-year-old boy were killed, hospital officials said. It was not immediately known what caused the blast or if the Islamic Jihad leader was in the car.
Israel's military has routinely targeted Palestinian militants in air strikes throughout more than three years of fighting. An army spokeswoman had no immediate comment.
Israeli Missile Hits Islamic Jihad Car in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli helicopter slammed a missile into a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, wounding at least three members of the militant Islamic Jihad group who were traveling inside, witnesses said.
Two passers-by were also injured, they said. The missile slammed into the front of the vehicle, turning it into a mound of twisted metal. The three Islamic Jihad militants inside were rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
"I heard the three helicopters. I saw them overhead and suddenly a big explosion happened," witness Ahmed Nahal told Reuters. "I saw the car caught fire. The driver had lost his leg which was lying outside the car."
Israel has killed scores of Palestinian militants in helicopter missile attacks on their cars since a Palestinian uprising began in September 2000. The strikes have been widely condemned by the international community.
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Yeah, I don't trust French cars anymore. I nearly got stranded on a volcano when a Citreon I rented flaked out.
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