Israeli airstrike kills three Palestinians in Gaza Strip

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14A KI Times News / Sunday, February 29, 2006 lated residential area, and three children were sociated Press among the wounded, said doctors at Gaza's Shifa Hospital.

One girl was in critical condition and anGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli helicopter other boy was seen bleeding from his head. fired missiles at a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing three people - including an Islamic Jihad One of the wounded told The Associated Press militant - and wounding 15 others, doctors said. from the hospital that a helicopter fired at least two missiles at the vehicle.

One of the dead was identified by his family as IsHundreds of people gathered at the hospital to lamic Jihad militant Ayman Dahdouh. The body of another victim could not immediately be identified. check on the conditions and identities of the casual. The two missiles targeted a small gray Subaru ties.

Some gunmen at the morgue were crying traveling on a road linking Gaza City with the JeAn Israeli military spokesman said he was checkbaliya refugee camp. A thunderous explosion was ing the report of the airstrike. heard along with the chops of helicopter blades.

Israel has frequently sent helicopter gunships Ambulances raced to the scene as a warplane and warplanes to kill Palestinian militants in targetflew overhead, firing flares. ed missile strikes during more than three years of fighting The car was pulverized, and Palestinian security officials strained to keep order around the scene as The last such strike was Feb.

7, when an attack surging crowds jumped on the wreckage and called helicopter fired a missile that shattered a car for revenge. killing an Islamic Jihad leader in the vehicle and a The airstrike was carried out in a densely popu12-yearold boy on his way to school.

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"Israeli airstrike kills three Palestinians in Gaza Strip," Kingsport Times News, 29 February 2004. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2004-020. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2004-020