Two Palestinians killed in Israeli strike
Press TV – March 28, 2011
At least two Palestinians have been killed and three others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the impoverished Gaza Strip.
The airstrike hit a car carrying five members of the Islamic Jihad’s military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, on Sunday, a Press TV correspondent reported.
“We call on the international community, the Arab League and all the people in the world to stand by Palestinians against Israeli crimes,” said a brother of one of the victims.
The attack came a day after several Palestinian factions, including the Hamas resistance movement, expressed commitment to a national agreement to restore calm with Tel Aviv.
However, the Islamic Jihad Movement says Palestinians always reserve the right to respond if one of its members is killed.
“The enemy insists on fighting, and is not interested in calming tensions. The Islamic Jihad Movement is committed to defending the Palestinian people, and has the right to respond to Israeli crimes. Israel bears full responsibility for the repercussions of this crime,” said Daoud Shehab, spokesman of the Islamic Jihad Movement.
The Israeli military claims it targeted a group of Palestinians who had attempted to fire rockets.
The Islamic Jihad Movement, however, said it would not allow Israel to use the coastal sliver for “target practice.”
“We will not accept the situation that Gaza be used for target practice by Israeli forces to show the military skills. We have stated it clearly that any attack will be met with strong response from the Islamic Jihad,” said a prominent Islamic Jihad official Khalid al-Batsh.
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