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Israeli airstrike hits east Gaza

13 July 2011 01:14 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Israeli forces have launched an airstrike in the eastern part of Gaza city, injuring at least one Palestinian in the besieged coastal sliver, APA reports quoting APA.

The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday, witnesses and security sources told Xinhua.

There were no immediate reports of the exact number of injuries or damage to property.

The Israeli army frequently bombs the tunnel network in Gaza, claiming that Palestinian resistance fighters use the tunnels to store and smuggle in weapons. Palestinians, however, dismiss such allegations, insisting that they were forced to resort to the underground tunnels to bring in basic living supplies to the impoverished Gazans because the territory has been sealed off to the outside world by a punishing Israeli blockade for over three years.

Some 1.5 million people are being denied their basic rights, including the freedom of movement and appropriate living conditions, work, health and education.