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4 Palestinians dead, at least 15 injured in Israeli raids on Gaza May 14, 2008 Gaza – Ma'an – Four Palestinians were killed and more than 15 were injured on Wednesday in several Israeli air and ground raids on the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian medics affirmed that two Palestinians were killed and six others were injured as Israeli forces invaded 'Izbat Abid Rabbu near Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, a series of Israeli air strikes on the southern Gaza Strip killed one Palestinian activist affiliated to Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades and injured five others, most of them seriously. The director of Kamal Udwan Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Bassam Abu Warda, stated that two dead bodies arrived to the hospital, one of them so badly injured it has not yet been identified. The other was identified as 17-year-old Mahmoud Al-Majdhub who received a gunshot to his back as Israeli soldiers invaded 'Izbat Abid Rabbu. Eyewitnesses said the boy was riding his bicycle with his school bag on his back. Earlier, Palestinian security sources announced that one activist affiliated to Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades was killed and six others were injured in a series of Israeli air strikes on the village of Abasan east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Al-Qassam Brigades named the dead activist as 21-year-old Muhammad Habib from Khan Younis. They said he was killed while a group of fighters were attempting to stop the progress of Israeli military tanks.
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