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Al-Qassam Brigades fighter killed in Israeli air strike May 13, 2008 Gaza – Ma'an – One Palestinian fighter affiliated to Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades was killed and two others were injured on Tuesday when an Israeli reconnaissance plane fired a missile at a group of fighters east of Al-Qarara, near the city of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Mu'awiyah Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian Health Ministry identified the dead activist as 21-year-old Tahrir Abdul Ghafoor. Hassanain also said that the wounded were taken to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. He said one of the injured men was in critical condition.
The Israeli strike came shortly after two Palestinian homemade projectiles landed in the Israeli city of Ashkelon. One Israeli woman went in shock as a result, and Israeli greenhouses were damaged, Israeli media reported.
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