Israeli Air Strike Kills 1 Child

World | February 7, 2004, Saturday // 00:00
Israeli Air Strike Kills 1 Child Palestinians look at a destroyed vehicle following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. An Israeli air strike blew up a car in Gaza City, killing a senior member of Islamic Jihad and a young boy. Photo by AFP

An Israeli helicopter gunship slammed a missile into a car in Gaza City on Saturday, killing a top Islamic Jihad commander and a 12-year-old bystander and drawing vows of revenge by Palestinian militants. The attack on a car carrying Aziz al-Shami coincided with the start of a military trial in Gaza of Palestinians accused of killing three Americans, and a Washington Post report of an impending mission by U.S. officials to discuss Israeli plans to "disengage" from the Palestinians. The Israeli army confirmed it had targeted the vehicle carrying Shami, who was a top commander in Islamic Jihad's "Jerusalem Brigades" armed wing and a relative and bodyguard of Islamic Jihad leader Abdallah al-Shami.

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