[R-G] Israel launches deadly airstrike in Gaza

[Anthony Fenton]

Israel launches deadly airstrike in Gaza

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/04/gaza.violence/

  GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Israel launched an airstrike Tuesday night on  
southern Gaza after clashing with Hamas militants in central Gaza,  
Palestinian sources and Israel Defense Forces said.
Medical workers wheel a wounded man to hospital in the central Gaza  
strip on Tuesday after clashes.

Medical workers wheel a wounded man to hospital in the central Gaza  
strip on Tuesday after clashes.

Four were killed in the airstrike, which occurred east of Khan Younis,  
Palestinian sources said. They said a drone and an apache helicopter  
could be seen.

Earlier fighting between Hamas militants and Israel Defense Forces  
killed one militant and injured three, bringing the total death toll  
to 5.

The fighting occurred after dark when Israeli troops entered the  
eastern part of the Dir Albalah refugee camp in central Gaza,  
Palestinian sources said.

IDF said it launched a small operation Tuesday evening after its  
forces uncovered a "ready-to-be-used tunnel" several meters from a  
security fence. The IDF said the tunnel -- dug from a civilian home --  
was meant for abducting Israeli soldiers.

The IDF said it exchanged fire with militants during the operation,  
which it said lasted a few hours.