Ibrahim Barzak
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/ 12 July 2006

Nine Palestinians killed in air strike

Sharply escalating its military campaign, Israel dropped a 250kg bomb on a Gaza home on Wednesday to assassinate top Hamas fugitives, killing nine civilians as Islamic militant leaders got away. The nine dead were all members of the same family, including the parents and seven of their children.

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/ 4 April 2006

Israeli warplanes strike Palestinian compound

Israeli aircraft on Tuesday fired three missiles into the presidential compound of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, wounding two people and leaving deep craters in the ground. The Israeli air strike came in response to homemade Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel, though it was not immediately clear why Abbas’s compound was targeted.