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Gaza raids kill 11 Palestinians | |
(about 20 hours later) | |
Eleven Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in a cross-border raid by Israeli forces in an area east of Gaza City. | |
Nine of the dead were members of the military wing of Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls Gaza. One was a member of the Islamic Jihad group. | |
Palestinian medics said the eleventh person to die was a civilian, and that children were among the wounded. | |
A cameraman working for Hamas TV had both legs amputated after reportedly being shot by Israeli troops. | |
Israel said it did not deliberately target journalists, but added that it did not regard anyone working for Hamas as a journalist. | |
The Israeli forces have now pulled out of Gaza. | |
Israeli troops and settlers withdrew from Gaza in 2005 but it carries out air strikes and raids to try to curb rocket attacks on its territory. | |
'Routine patrol' | 'Routine patrol' |
Ten people were also wounded during the heavy exchanges of fire as Israeli troops and tanks moved in to the area near the Bureij refugee camp, Palestinian medical sources said. | |
In all about 25 Palestinians and two Israel soldiers were injured in the raids. | |
The BBC's Bethany Bell in Jerusalem says Israeli drones have been circling in the sky above the site in central Gaza. | The BBC's Bethany Bell in Jerusalem says Israeli drones have been circling in the sky above the site in central Gaza. |
Israeli officials said its troops were on a routine patrol about 1km inside the Gaza Strip when they identified the militants and opened fire from the air and the ground. | Israeli officials said its troops were on a routine patrol about 1km inside the Gaza Strip when they identified the militants and opened fire from the air and the ground. |
The military said it had conducted a series of similar patrols in recent days to locate rocket launching positions. | The military said it had conducted a series of similar patrols in recent days to locate rocket launching positions. |
Hamas said its fighters had discovered a covert Israeli operation and opened fire on the unit. | Hamas said its fighters had discovered a covert Israeli operation and opened fire on the unit. |
The Hamas field commander in central Gaza, Mohammed Siam, was among the dead, Hamas TV reported. | The Hamas field commander in central Gaza, Mohammed Siam, was among the dead, Hamas TV reported. |