seruriermarshal
07-04-2004, 06:15 PM
Israeli helicopter gunships target metal workshops in three Gaza air strikes
GAZA CITY (AFP) Jul 04, 2004
Israeli helicopter gunships staged three air strikes against targets in Gaza City and in the Nusseirat refugee camp late Sunday, badly damaging three metal workshops, Palestinian security sources said.
The first strike targetted a metal workshop in the northern part of Gaza City, while the second missile hit another workshop in the south-eastern Zeitoun district, they said.
A third missile was fired at a workshop in the Nusseirat refugee camp south of Gaza City.
No casualties were reported from any of the strikes, but the workshops suffered heavy damage, the souces said.
It was the second time within several weeks that the workshops in Zeitoun and Nusseirat had been targetted.
A spokesman for the Israeli army said the air force had targetted weapons workshops in Gaza City's Zeitoun district and in the Jabalya refugee camp just north of the city, but he had no information about the strike on Nusseirat camp.
"The two workshops were used by the Hamas terrorist organisation and other terrorist organisations to produce a variety of weapons, notably Qassam rockets," he said.
The Zeitoun workshop was also being used to rebuild other workshops which had been targetted by Israeli forces, he said.
The workshop in Jabalya was mainly used by the Hamas and by militants linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement for producing Qassam rockets, he added.
Qassam rockets, which take their name from the armed wing of Hamas, are notoriously inaccurate, but early last week they claimed their first Israeli casualties, killing a three-year-old boy and a 49-year-old man in the southern Israeli town of Sderot.
Following the attack, the army stormed the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanun, but until now, it has not managed to completely stop militants from firing the missiles towards Israel.
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From (http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040704211739.zrt0lnmn.html)
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GAZA CITY (AFP) Jul 04, 2004
Israeli helicopter gunships staged three air strikes against targets in Gaza City and in the Nusseirat refugee camp late Sunday, badly damaging three metal workshops, Palestinian security sources said.
The first strike targetted a metal workshop in the northern part of Gaza City, while the second missile hit another workshop in the south-eastern Zeitoun district, they said.
A third missile was fired at a workshop in the Nusseirat refugee camp south of Gaza City.
No casualties were reported from any of the strikes, but the workshops suffered heavy damage, the souces said.
It was the second time within several weeks that the workshops in Zeitoun and Nusseirat had been targetted.
A spokesman for the Israeli army said the air force had targetted weapons workshops in Gaza City's Zeitoun district and in the Jabalya refugee camp just north of the city, but he had no information about the strike on Nusseirat camp.
"The two workshops were used by the Hamas terrorist organisation and other terrorist organisations to produce a variety of weapons, notably Qassam rockets," he said.
The Zeitoun workshop was also being used to rebuild other workshops which had been targetted by Israeli forces, he said.
The workshop in Jabalya was mainly used by the Hamas and by militants linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement for producing Qassam rockets, he added.
Qassam rockets, which take their name from the armed wing of Hamas, are notoriously inaccurate, but early last week they claimed their first Israeli casualties, killing a three-year-old boy and a 49-year-old man in the southern Israeli town of Sderot.
Following the attack, the army stormed the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanun, but until now, it has not managed to completely stop militants from firing the missiles towards Israel.
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From (http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040704211739.zrt0lnmn.html)
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