Saturday, January 26, 2013

IOF fires artillery shells east of Gaza City



[ 25/01/2013 - 01:02 PM ]


GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) fired on Thursday evening artillery shells toward the Zeitoun neighborhood south east of Gaza City.
Eyewitnesses said the Israeli artillery fired at a late hour on Thursday evening a shell toward Malaka area east of the Zeitoun neighborhood. There were no reports of injuries, although the shell has exploded.
The sources added that after firing the shell, Israeli occupation forces opened fire towards Palestinian homes in the neighborhood, no injuries were reported.
He pointed out to the presence of Israeli troops east of the Zeitoun neighborhood near Malaka Gate.
This incident came in light of the continued Israeli violations to the truce signed between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation under the Egyptian mediation, where four Palestinians were martyred and many were wounded by Israeli fire, in addition to the arrest of 30 fishermen and the confiscation of a number of fishing boats in the Gaza sea since the truce.