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By Press TV
News Article
Saturday, Jan 2, 2010
Israeli warplanes and tanks have carried
out attacks across the Gaza Strip, damaging residential areas and
leaving four Palestinians wounded.
The airstrikes which targeted residential areas in northern and
central Gaza Strip, caused panic among children in the region, a Press
TV correspondent reported on Friday.
Witnesses said Israeli F16 fighters fired two missiles and Israeli
tanks fired two shells that landed at empty areas east and northeast of
Gaza City, DPA reported.
Local ambulances took the wounded from eastern Gaza to hospital for medical treatment, according to medical sources.
An Israeli army spokesman confirmed the attacks, but gave no further details, AFP reported.
Following the airstrikes, Israeli warplanes were still hovering about the strip, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The attacks were reminiscent of Israel's three-week-long onslaught
on the Gaza Strip, which was launched in late December 2008 and
continued into the New Year.
More than 1,400 Palestinians were killed during the 2008-2009
Israeli land, sea and air offensive in the Gaza Strip which also
devastated a large part of the infrastructure, inflicting about USD 2
billion in damage on the Gazan economy.
Press TV
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