Israeli air strike kills three Palestinians in Gaza

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="color: red;"><strong>A witness confirmed Israeli tanks and bulldozers had tried to enter the area.</strong><br /> </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-H2QjmjjB2Xw49VqbLMPR5WCf3RC1tEmEvL4UTqIe5oSKjdGb3n-WqMplUavYHf2g-tAycZnUDBClbh8rvygCGCGHA1wEXqDLC9ArgtNtgyfApUp7zX8taaeRWDS3DbluoSaYgvanC4or/s1600/214970_44029732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-H2QjmjjB2Xw49VqbLMPR5WCf3RC1tEmEvL4UTqIe5oSKjdGb3n-WqMplUavYHf2g-tAycZnUDBClbh8rvygCGCGHA1wEXqDLC9ArgtNtgyfApUp7zX8taaeRWDS3DbluoSaYgvanC4or/s1600/214970_44029732.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> GAZA CITY (AFP) - An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the territory s Hamas-run health ministry said.<br /> "Three martyrs have died in a Zionist (Israeli) strike," ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP.<br /> The three were members of the Al-Quds Brigades, a statement from the group said.<br /> It said they had been killed after firing mortars in a bid to try and prevent "an Israeli incursion east of Khan Yunis."<br /> A witness confirmed Israeli tanks and bulldozers had tried to enter the area.<br /> The Israeli military confirmed it had carried out an air strike, targeting Islamic Jihad militants who had fired at troops.<br /> <br /> "Moments ago, terrorists affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the southern Gaza Strip fired a mortar shell at IDF (army) forces. An IAF aircraft responded immediately in order to prevent further attacks on Israeli civilians and targeted the terrorist squad," it said.<br /> "Direct hits were confirmed."<img alt="http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20121029/jammas.hussain20121029015408960.jpg" class="decoded" src="http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20121029/jammas.hussain20121029015408960.jpg" /><br /> The air strike came just hours after an unmanned aircraft of the sort Israel uses for surveillance and missile strikes crashed in the same area, just east of Khan Yunis.<br /> It was unclear if the two incidents were related.<br /> POSTED BY:: <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw15gIUCiBNZulQWs15fAvY1Ru-iksJgzaBIKZVGOBBN2UorvUWncx9cMcfZUqFL90oL5zFC7yTIfULGmgvTGG5N-Dm-pgM_K8DcKXoo6aMXnOpf5s8Ec-UIpubpaTLZ1VibbS32aU2ZK7/s1600/cooltext1468613369.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="37" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw15gIUCiBNZulQWs15fAvY1Ru-iksJgzaBIKZVGOBBN2UorvUWncx9cMcfZUqFL90oL5zFC7yTIfULGmgvTGG5N-Dm-pgM_K8DcKXoo6aMXnOpf5s8Ec-UIpubpaTLZ1VibbS32aU2ZK7/s1600/cooltext1468613369.png" width="320" /></a></div> source ;dunya news<br />    </div>

Israeli air strike kills three Palestinians in Gaza

A witness confirmed Israeli tanks and bulldozers had tried to enter the area. GAZA CITY (AFP) - An Israeli air strike kille...

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