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Israeli airstrike on Gaza wounds 3 Palestinians

02 October 2011 00:57 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. At least three Palestinians were wounded on Saturday afternoon in an Israeli airstrike on the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoon, medics and witnesses said, APA reports quoting Xinuhua.

An Israeli reconnaissance drone fired at least one missile at a group of people, leaving three Palestinians injured, one of whom seriously, Adham Abu Selmeya, Gaza emergency spokesman told Xinhua.

Israel’s media quoted an Israeli army spokesman as saying that the three wounded are members of al-Qassam Brigades, Islamic Hamas movement’s armed wing, which were trying to fire homemade rockets from the area at Israel.

In late August, the Gaza Strip witnessed a wave of violence which killed about 26 Palestinians and wounded dozens of others. Three Israelis were killed after Gaza militants fired dozens of rockets and projectiles at the southern Israel.

The escalation of violence in the coastal enclave came after Israel accused militants from Gaza of carrying out an armed attack towards the Israeli city of Eilat. Eight Israelis were killed in the attack.