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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill one, injure 12
Dec 28, 2011, 7:15 GMT
Gaza City - A Palestinian militant was killed and 12 people injured overnight by two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli military spokeswoman in Tel Aviv said Wednesday that both strikes targeted members of a Global Jihad cell that was planning a cross-border attack on Israelis from Egypt, via the Sinai peninsula.
A three-wheeled van was hit at the entrance to the Jabaliya refugee camp, north of Gaza City, killing the driver and injuring four civilian passersby. A jeep was also hit on a main street in the northern Gaza City, injuring eight occupants.
Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman for Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry, identified the dead as Abdallah al-Tilbani, in his mid-20s.
The armed wing of the Islamic Jihad identified him as a member.
The attacks coincided with the third anniversary of the start of a three-week Israeli offensive in late 2008 in response to rocket and mortar attacks from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel. More than 1,400 Palestinians, many of them civilians, were killed and about 5,000 injured.
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