[ 10/09/2010 - 07:35 AM ]
GAZA, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation has escalated its aggression against the Gaza strip on the eve of Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan festivity) as its airforce carried out five airstrikes late Thurday evening against Gaza and Rafah causing structural damage and some light injuries.
Security sources told PIC correspondent that F-16 warplanes bombed a landing strip that belongs to the security headquarters in to the west of Gaza City. The landing strip was targeted by the Israel airforce in the past and was already damaged and out of use.
Adham Abu Selmeyya, the military medical services coordinator told PIC that the airstrikes did not result in any casualties, while other sources talked of light injuries that were treated at the scene.
Meanwhile, the Israeli airforce carried out three airstrikes against the tunnel area in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
PIC correspondent said that F-16 warplanes fires three rockets at two tunnels, one near the Salahuddin gate and the other near the cattle market about 200 meters to the east of the gate. No casualties were reported at the time of preparing the report.
A fifth airstrike targeted a position for the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.
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