Related: Israel launches another airstrike in northern
Gaza: sources
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| Palestinians stand near the smoke rising
from a car after an Israeli air strike hit it at the north of Gaza Strip
June 9, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters photo) |
GAZA,
June 9 (Xinhua) -- Eleven Palestinians were killed and 43 others wounded in the
Israeli air and naval strikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday, doctors confirmed.
Joma'a al-Saqqa, chief of emergency in Shiffa
Hospital in Gaza City, said that his hospital received six bodies and Kamal
Odwan Hospital in northern Gaza Strip received five bodies.
Palestinian security sources said that Israeli naval
gunboats fired three shells at the beach of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza
Strip, killing eight Palestinians and wounding 35 others, six of them in
critical conditions.
Witnesses said that seven of those killed at the
seaside were from the same family, including children.
In response to the killing of innocent civilians,
Israeli Chief of Staff Dan Halutz ordered an immediate investigation into the
incident and a suspension to the bombardments.
Israeli army spokesman said that Israeli naval fire
did not cause this incident and the possibility of land-based artillery fire is
being examined.
Meanwhile, Israel launched four airstrikes on suspected militants in the northern Gaza Strip, killing three Palestinians and wounding five others, security sources and witnesses reported.
On Thursday night, four Palestinians were killed in southern Gaza Strip, including the Popular Resistance Committees leader Jamal Abu Samhadana, in an Israeli airstrike on a training camp that belongs to the group. Enditem
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