Girl, 11, third victim of Israeli missile strike

AN 11-year-old Palestinian girl died yesterday of injuries sustained in an Israeli missile strike, one of six recent attacks on Hamas targets in what Israel’s defence minister said is a fight “to the finish” against the militant group.

In the Gaza Strip, 11-year-old Sana Daour died of injuries sustained last week in an Israeli missile strike, hospital officials said. The girl became the third victim of that attack, which also killed two other bystanders, but missed its target, a Hamas fugitive.

In a strike on Monday, Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a car carrying three Hamas militants, killing one and critically wounding a second, while the third got away. Twenty-five bystanders were also hurt. The dead man was identified as Khader Houssre, 36, a Hamas member.