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| 62 Palestinians killed in Rafah in seven days: medical sources |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-05-26 20:13:35 |
GAZA, May 26 (Xinhuanet) -- A total of 62 Palestinians were killed during the seven-day Israeli military operation carried out in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, Palestinian medical sources said on Wednesday.
Director of Abu Yussef Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah Ali Mussa told reporters that 25 out of the 62 people killed by the Israeli army were aged below 18.
Mussa added that 280 others were injured during the Israeli military operation codenamed "Rainbow" and that half of them were children.
Mussa also described the Israeli military operation perpetrated in Rafah as "unusual event," adding that this operation was completely different from the previous ones.
"The Israeli army intended to kill as many people as possible during this operation in addition to using different and various kinds of the weapons and ammunitions," he said.
Mussa also said that most of the injuries were due to Israeli Apache helicopters' rocket shrapnels as well as bullets fired by Israeli military snipers. Enditem |
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