[ 09/04/2011 – 07:26 AM ]
GAZA, (PIC)– A Palestinian citizen was killed and another wounded in Israeli occupation forces’ artillery fire in northern Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, medical sources reported.
The sources told the PIC reporter that Ahmed Zaituna was killed and another citizen was injured when the IOF artillery fired at them north of the Strip while riding a bike.
The sources, noting that the wounded was in a very serious condition, said that the number of Palestinian casualties as a result of the Israeli aggression since Thursday rose to 17 martyrs and 65 wounded.
Two Qassam fighters were killed earlier at dawn Saturday and a third was critically wounded in an IOF raid south of the Strip.
For its part, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad movement, the Quds Brigades, declared responsibility for firing a rocket at Beer Sheba at dawn Saturday in response to the IOF onslaught.
Israeli sources said that four were injured in the blast while a number of homes were damaged.
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