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Gaza boy dies after Israeli air strikes answer rocket attack Israeli airstrikes kill two Palestinian children
(about 13 hours later)
Fragments from an Israeli missile killed a 10-year-old Palestinian boy in Hamas-controlled Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian medical officials said, hours after militants launched rockets into Israel. A Palestinian boy and his sister were killed in Hamas-controlled Gaza when they were hit by fragments from a missile fired by an Israeli aircraft, medical officials said.
A statement by the Israeli military said aircraft had targeted four militant training camps belonging to Hamas after four rockets landed in open areas in southern Israel late on Friday. No casualties were reported from the rocket strikes. The incident took place on Saturday hours after militants launched rockets into Israel. An Israeli military statement said aircraft had targeted four militant training camps belonging to Hamas after four missiles landed in open areas in southern Israel on Friday night. No casualties were reported from the rocket strikes.
Residents of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip said Yassin Abu Khoussa died after missile debris hit his home, which is situated next to a militant training camp. His six-year-old sister was wounded, the medical officials added. Residents of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip said Yassin Abu Khoussa, 10, died after debris from the explosion hit his home, which is next to a militant training camp. His six-year-old sister, Israa, who was seriously wounded, later died in hospital, said a Gaza health ministry spokesman.
The fatality from air strikes in Gaza was the first since last October. The Israeli army said that since the beginning of 2015 and including Friday’s salvo, seven rockets had been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The deaths were the first from Israeli attacks on Gaza since last October. The Israeli army said that since the beginning of the year and including Friday’s salvo, seven rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
Gaza rocket fire has tapered off significantly since a 2014 war when militants fired thousands of rockets and mortars into Israel and more than 2,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and six Israeli civilians and 67 soldiers were killed. The Israeli defence minister, Moshe Ya’alon, said rogue militant groups had launched the rockets from Gaza. “We will not tolerate the disruption of calm and the daily life of the residents who live around the Gaza Strip … which is why we reacted strongly against Hamas assets and we will act even more harshly if these attempts continue,” Ya’alon said.
Beset by a months-long surge of street attacks by Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Israel has little desire to see a fresh flare-up in Gaza, where Hamas has mostly held its fire in the past 18 months. Gaza rocket fire has tapered off significantly since the 2014 war when militants fired thousands of rockets and mortar rounds into Israel. Israeli attacks killed more than 2,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians, while Palestinian fighters killed six Israeli civilians and 67 soldiers.
Hamas’s armed wing said on Saturday it would “not accept [Israel’s] shedding of the blood of our children.” But it stopped short of vowing retaliation.
Beset by a months-long surge in street attacks by Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Israel has little desire to see a new flare-up in Gaza, where Hamas has mostly held its fire in the past 18 months.