Israeli raids on Gaza kill three Palestinians, wound baby

14 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2012 الساعة . 12:09 م   بتوقيت القدس

Israeli warplanes waged a series of air raids on Saturday night and at dawn Sunday killing three Palestinians and wounding a child in southern and northern Gaza.

Medical sources told the PIC that an Israeli reconnaissance plane fired two missiles at a motorbike to the south east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, at dawn Sunday killing one and wounding another.

The sources identified the martyr as Yasser Al-Attal, a member of the armed wing of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine – general command.

Earlier on Saturday night, Israeli warplanes targeted another motorbike in Jabalia, north of the Strip, killing Hisham Al-Suaidani, the commander of the Shura council of the Mujahideen for Beit Al-Makdas, and his comrade.

Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry spokesman, told the PIC reporter that the raid killed two men and injured a child who was passing near the site of the attack.

Local sources told the PIC that the Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at the motorbike before raiding a training ground for the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, to the east of Zaitun suburb in Gaza city without inflicting casualties.