GAZA, Oct. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 10 members of a Palestinian family were injured before dawn Wednesday as Israeli army fired atank shell at their house east of the northern Gaza Strip town ofBeit Lahya, Palestinian medics reported.

    The 10 injured, including a father, his brother and eight of their children, were treated at al Awda Hospital east of Jabalya refugee camp, medics said, adding that a four-month-old infant was in critical condition.

    Palestinian witnesses said Israeli army bulldozers razed theland of the family and uprooted trees when the family members held up in the house and refused to leave.

    Meanwhile, a leaflet signed by Izzedin al Qassam, the armed wing of Hamas, said its four militants escaped an Israeli army's missile attack, adding that only one of them was lightly injured. Enditem