Three militants killed in Israeli helicopter attack in Gaza
AFP
Date: 05-29-06
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Three militants from the radical Palestinian group Islamic Jihad were killed and two others wounded overnight in an Israeli helicopter attack in the north of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security officials said.
The Israeli army confirmed the strike and said an Israeli infantry unit had been engaged in combat with Islamic Jihad militants in the area of the strike near Beit Lahiya.
It was the first time Israeli forces carried out an operation inside of the Gaza Strip since the Israeli withdrawal from the territory in August 2005.
Seven other people, including two Palestinian journalists and an ambulance driver, were reported injured in the strike, two of them seriously.
The Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, said in a statement that its militants had launched a rocket attack aimed at southern Israel.
But the Israeli army said in a statement its forces, with the aid of the air force, had "foiled a rocket strike against Israel".
"The forces spotted a commando that was getting ready to fire (a rocket). They opened fire and a gun battle broke out at the site," the military statement said.
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