Report: 4 teens killed in IDF strike
Number of Palestinian casualties in IDF strikes in Gaza continues to mount: Sources in Strip report four youngsters killed in army operation in Jabalya area. IDF confirms operating against Qassam cells in area
Four Palestinian teens were killed in IAF airstrikes in northern Gaza's Jabalya Thursday afternoon, sources in the Strip reported.
The IDF confirmed that Qassam cells were targeted, stressing the area is not frequented by civilians. Military sources stated their Palestinian counterparts tend to publish unsubstantiated reports about children being among the casualties, which later turn out to be either false, or involving 16 and 17-year olds, engaging in militant activity.
Three Palestinian gunmen were killed early Thursday in an IDF strike in the Gaza neighborhood of Sajaiya. Two of the men killed belonged to the Popular Resistance Committees' military wing and the third was a Hamas militant.
Later Thursday, the IDF struck a Qassam launching cell near the town of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
Shortly after the strike, three Qassams were fired from Gaza and landed in open fields in Israel's western Negev region. No injuries or damage were reported in the attack.
Thursday afternoon than saw several Qassam rockets fired at Ashkelon, one directly hitting a house and causing several people to suffered shock.
One of the rockets reportedly landed, for the first time, in the city's north. The third rocket was located in the city's south.
The Palestinians reported that Israeli Air Force fighter jets fired a number of missiles at targets in the northern Gaza Strip. One of the targets was identified as the former Civil Administration building in Jabalya.
Two other gunmen were killed by the IDF during an operation in the West Bank town of Nablus, local sources reported. One of the men killed belonged to the Popular Front's armed wing – the Abu Mustafa Brigades, and the other was a member of Fatah's military wing, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
