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Israeli army kills 14 Palestinians in Gaza

By Xinhua

Gaza : Israeli army carried out a military operation in northeastern Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, during which 14 Palestinians were killed and 32 others wounded, Palestinian medics and Hamas police sources said.

Mo’aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulance services in the ministry of health, told reporters that all the 14 slain including three children were the victims of Israeli air and ground strikes by missiles and shells.

According to Hassanein, Israeli aircraft and Israeli tanks launched intensive shelling at the residents’ homes in northeastern Gaza, which prevented ambulances from reaching the casualties.

He added that Israel has killed a total of 48 Palestinians and wounded 150 others since Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Hamas police sources and witnesses said that two Palestinians were killed in an airstrike on a group of people east of Gaza City and two others were killed north of Jabalia. They said that both the incidents occurred on early Saturday morning.

The Hamas police sources recounted that three airstrikes were carried out by Israeli aircraft on northern Gaza Strip, which were followed by a brief ground incursion into the area of Jabalia.

The sources said several tanks and armored vehicle backed by attack helicopters stormed Abu Safeyya and al-Kashef neighborhoods amid intensive shelling and airstrikes.

Witnesses said that one of the rockets hit a civilian house, killing an adult and two children. They identified the victims are45-year-old Bassam Obied, 12-year-old Jaclyn Abu Shbak and her brother Mohamed.

Al-Quds Brigades, armed wing of Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement, said one of its militants was killed and two others wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of militants in al-Kashef neighborhood.

Another militant, member of Hamas armed wing al-Qassam Brigades, was also killed in an Israeli airstrike on his car in an area east of Jabalia, Hamas armed wing said in a leaflet.

Israel vowed to harshly respond to the rocket attacks from Gaza on its southern communities, which has been intensified since last Wednesday.