Hamas militant and family killed by Israelis
The helicopter attack, which killed seven people in all, was launched after a Palestinian suicide bombing killed 16 on a Jerusalem bus and Israeli air raids killed 11 in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, one of the bloodiest days in months of conflict. An Israeli security source said yesterday’s strike followed an order from the Defence Ministry for the army “to use everything they have” against Hamas, which had claimed responsibility for the bus bombing and vowed further attacks.
Yesterday, helicopters fired six missiles into Gaza City, reducing a Subaru car to charred metal. The last missile exploded among bystanders who rushed from a nearby mosque, injuring more than 40 of them, witnesses said. A three-year-old toddler, unconscious and burned, was rushed into Gaza’s Shifa hospital and died there, medical officials said. People filled the streets shouting for revenge. A baby bottle and child’s shoes were pulled from the wreckage.
