Palestine: Palestinian killed by Israeli airstrike in eastern Gaza

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Palestine: Palestinian killed by Israeli airstrike in eastern Gaza

By Hidaya al-Saedi and Hani al-Shaer

 

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Israeli warplanes on Tuesday evening struck a position in the eastern Gaza Strip, killing at least one Palestinian, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

The ministry has identified the slain Palestinian as Mahmoud Abed al-Nabahin, 24.

The airstrike left four other Palestinians injured, one of them seriously, after the army fired missiles into an area east of al-Boreij, in central Gaza. the ministry said.

In a statement, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Gaza-based resistance faction Hamas, said that al-Nabahin had been one of its members.

[Photo: Relatives mourn for Mahmoud Abed al-Nabahin (24) who was killed by Israeli army, at the morgue of Al Aqsa hospital in Deir Al Balah, Gaza on January 22, 2019. Photographer: Mustafa Hassona/AA]