Israeli Attack on Gaza Eid

A number of fighters and Israeli artillery bombarded several tunnels in southern Gaza Strip, near the border with Egypt. The bombing took place as Palestinian Muslims in the Gaza Strip still celebrate Eid, Sunday, September 20, 2009.

Page Iranian television station, Press TV, revealed no reported casualties in the attack that night. But on Sunday afternoon, the Israeli attack killed two Palestinians in the town of Jabalia, northern Gaza, which borders with Israel, as Palestinian officials said.

To page Yedioth Ahronoth, an Israeli military spokesman said that air attacks on Eid day is a response to Qassam rocket attacks fired from Gaza Palestinian militants into southern Israel. Rocket attack took place Saturday night, September 19, 2009.

Israel targeted objectives are the tunnels near the Gaza-Egypt border that had been used to smuggle goods and people.

The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip could not celebrate Eid with great fanfare. The reason, besides the threat of attack from Israel, Gaza has been facing a blockade by Israel and Egypt. Economic blockade and the logistics were miserable life 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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