Gaza – Ma'an– An Israeli air
raid on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah killed one
Palestinian activist affiliated with the armed wing of Hamas,
the Al-Qassam Brigades, on Sunday morning.
Sources in the Al-Qassam Brigades
named the victim as Muhammad Mtair.
Israeli warplanes launched another strike on an abandoned
Al-Qassam Brigades position in the city of Khan Younis, also in
the southern Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported there.
A third Israeli air raid targeted a warehouse used by
the Al-Qassam Brigades in Ash-Shabura in Rafah.
Three missiles were fired at the warehouse,
but no casualties have been reported.
Earlier, Israeli fighter jets fired a missile at a
blacksmith's shop in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City,
injuring 8 people, one seriously. The attack also resulted in
severe damage to neighboring houses.
Meanwhile, Israeli government officials said that that if
Palestinian projectile attacks on Negev towns continue,
they may escalate their assault on Gaza. Some officials
have speculated publicly about assassinating Hamas'
political leaders. In 2004, Israel assassinated Hamas'
elderly founder, Sheikh Ahmad Yasin, and the group's
leader, Abdul-Aziz Rantisi, in the course of one month.
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