Ten martyred in "Israeli" airstrikes

Source: alalam.ir, 18-5-2007
GAZA CITY -At least 10 Palestinians were martyred as the "Israeli" occupation`s warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on Gaza early Friday.
About 15 "Israeli" tanks also advanced into Gaza near the former illegal settlement of Dugit, a Palestinian security official said.
In the first of six strikes, warplanes of the Zionist regime pummeled the headquarters of a paramilitary force linked to the Hamas resistance movement, martyring one person and wounding 30.
Barely two hours later, a Hamas fighter was martyred when "Israeli" aircraft fired on a car in Gaza City.
A house was targeted in another strike that left another Hamas fighter martyred while a fourth strike on a car in the Sufa area martyred two brothers aged 14 and 16.
Their 17-year-old sister was gravely wounded while their father and two more brothers were also wounded, according to a Palestinian medical source. They had all been in the same car, the source said.
A fifth airstrike martyred a fighter preparing to fire a rocket into Occupied Palestine, a Zionist army spokesman said.
A sixth strike in the early hours of Friday martyred four people and wounded another four in Gaza City, according to Palestinian medics.
On Thursday, five airstrikes of the occupation regime martyred six Palestinians, with warplanes bombing a Hamas command center in Gaza.
Meanwhile, a Zionist military spokesman confirmed that some tanks entered the northern Gaza Strip, claiming that their advance was a defensive move.
The occupation army also deployed a battery of 155mm artillery facing the Gaza Strip.
"Israel`s" actions threatened to further exacerbate tensions in Gaza, provoking threats from Hamas of a new wave of martyrdom attacks.
"All options against the Zionist enemy are open, including suicide attacks," Abu Obeida warned.
More than 20 rockets fired from Gaza hit Occupied Palestine on Thursday, including one that struck the southern town of Sderot to which prime minister Ehud Olmert paid a surprise visit.
Overall, the occupation military said more than 80 rockets and mortar shells were fired at southern Occupied Palestine this week.