Three Militants Killed in Gaza Attack on Israeli Military Post

Text of report in English by independent, non-governmental Palestinian Ma’an News Agency website

["Three Palestinian gunmen killed in attack on Israeli military base" - Ma'an headline]

Gaza – Ma’an – Three Palestinian fighters were killed on Monday [20 April] evening in an attack on an Israeli military base near the evacuated Israeli settlement of Dogit in the northern Gaza Strip.

Palestinian medical sources identified the fighters as Fadi Salim from the Shaykh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, ‘Uthman Abu Hajar from Ash-Shati refugee camp and Mahmoud Shalash from Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

The military wing affiliated to Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Brigades and the Islamic Jihad’s Al-Quds Brigades said that a joint group of fighters raided an Israeli military base and clashed with Israeli troops.

An unnamed spokesperson from the Al-Aqsa Brigades said that mortar shells were fired at the base to cover the attackers as they went in.

Israeli sources confirmed that three Palestinian gunmen had approached an Israeli base in the northern Gaza Strip. They were seen by guards and a reconnaissance plane targeted them from the air killing two and injuring a third. The injured gunman attempted to clash with the Israeli soldiers and was shot dead, the sources added.

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency website, Bethlehem, in English 0642 22 Apr 08.

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