9 Palestinians die in IAF strike on Islamic Jihad rocket crew

[Englander]

By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies

GAZA - Nine Palestinians, including two schoolchildren, were killed Tuesday when Israel Air Force aircraft fired two missiles in Gaza City at the vehicle of an Islamic Jihad crew heading to fire rockets at Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces said that the militants were on their way to fire Katyusha rockets, which have a longer range than the homemade Qassam rockets usually fired from Gaza.

Seven of the dead were civilians, two were Islamic Jihad activists.

One missile failed to hit the crew's vehicle as it drove in the heavily populated Zeitoun neighborhood, but the second missile struck its target.

Palestinian witnesses said the second missile came two minutes after the first, after a crowd had begun to gather around the scene of the attack.

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[Scurrilous]

1. From Haaretz ticker:

*Father and son, three medics among dead in IAF Gaza strike.

[Englander]

2. State terrorism in action . n/t

[Tom Joad]

3. Another Day, Another Massacre. That's Bush kinda country!

[Scurrilous]

4. "The IDF said civilian casualties ...

...were the result of the rockets’ explosion inside the vehicle."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3262326,00.html

LOL

Israel not to blame for civilian deaths. Again! :thumbsup:

[manic expression]

5. Disgusting.

the lives of innocent Palestinians means less than nothing to these people. Disgusting.