Tuesday, 6 January 2009The IAF struck the home of one of the founders of Hamas's rocket division on Tuesday morning, as Operation Cast Lead entered its eleventh day.
The IDF said that the terror chief, Iman Siam, was in his house at the time of the air strike in the Jabalya neighborhood of northern Gaza.
The army said that as well as being the founder of Hamas's rocket launching program, he was also the head of the group's artillery program throughout the Gaza Strip.
At least 10 Hamas and Islamic Jihad gunmen were killed in other Gaza battles early Tuesday, the IDF said. Palestinians put the number of fatalities at 25.
Among the dead, according to the Palestinians, were five people who were killed when Israeli aircraft bombed an UNRWA school in the Strip, AFP reported.
In central Gaza, the navy fired on targets in Deir al-Balah and in the El-Bureij refugee camp.
There was also fighting in northern Gaza town of Jabalya and in the Zeitun neighborhood of Gaza City.
Over the past 24 hours the IDF has reported escalating clashes in Gaza, with over 50 separate incidents in northern Gaza.
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Tuesday, 6 January 2009
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