By KUNA
Gaza : An Israeli incursion into the eastern fringes of Gaza city and Jabaliya on Saturday resulted in the death of at least 15 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers, medical sources and Israel Radio said.
The medical sources said Israeli warplanes fired missiles in the direction of a group of civilians on Al-Qarm Street east of Jabaliya inflicting a number of deaths and injuries.
More than 15 Palestinians were killed and 35 others were hospitalized as a result of Israeli attacks and Israeli-Palestinian clashes in the northern part of Gaza, they said.
A spokesman of the Israeli Army said at least two Israeli soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in today’s firefighting with the Palestinians in several locations close to Gaza city and Jabaliya.
The Palestinian fighters used rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) during the clashes and set off bombs close to tanks and military vehicles involved in the operations, the military spokesman added.