GAZA, Oct. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian medics showed on Sunday x-rays and medical reports approving that the Israeli army had fired tanks shells at the Palestinians, which are illegally forbidden to use against civilians, local press reported.

   Doctors at Shiffa Hospital showed black and white x-ray pictures of Palestinians, who were killed and injured recently in northern Gaza Strip, as a proof that they were hit by such kinds of shells.

   The x-rays clearly showed little tiny nails infiltrating into the bodies of the victims and stayed in the bones of the head, the chest and the limps, and showed samples of the small sharp nails that carry tiny fans at its end.

   Doctor Joma'a Saqqa, chief of public relations at Shiffa Hospital in Gaza City was quoted as saying that those tiny nails are filled into the tank shells.

   Once the shell is fired and exploded, thousands of these tiny nails fly in the air and keep spinning until it hits anything it touches, it added.

   "These nails are causing severe inner injuries to the person it hits. The nail keeps spinning while infiltrating into the body and causes severe inner cuts to the inner organs of the victims," said Saqqa.

   Palestinian security sources and witnesses said that it is not the first time that Israel is using such kind of tanks shells that are called "Flushet", adding that it had been used by Israeli during the last four years of the Intifada.

   Two years ago, three Bedouin women were killed south of Gaza City when Israeli army tanks stationed near Nitzarim settlement fired two tanks shells at their tents.

   A mother and two of her children were also killed as they were working in a grapes field near the settlement after a Flushet tank shell was fired at the room where they were sitting.

   In Nuseirat refugee camp, an unmanned reconnaissance Israeli army drone fired two Flushet missiles at a car that drove at the entrance into the camp, where at least 14 Palestinians were killed.

   On Tuesday night, more than 90 Israeli army tanks, armored vehicles and bulldozers stormed the northern Gaza Strip area, including Jabalia refugee camp with more than 160,000 Palestinian refugees.

   The residents said that over the last six days, the Israeli armyhas been firing tank shells and missiles from unmanned reconnaissance Israeli army drones at Palestinian militants, where the shrapnel of the missiles and shells causes a high number of people getting killed and injured.

   Saqqa said that the emergency room received dozens of Palestinians with hundreds of cut wounds in their bodies, adding that many others lost their arms and legs as a result of being hit by such kinds of missiles and shells.

   Medical reports said that 64 Palestinians were shot dead since the beginning of the large scale operation Israel said it aims at protecting the security of Israel and to prevent militants from launching homemade rockets at Israel.

   The reports said that more than 250 Palestinians were injured, at least 20 of them are in critical conditions.

   Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Israel Army announced that the operations into northern Gaza Strip would continue until the security of Israel is guaranteed.  Enditem