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Demonstrators hold signs reading "Fascism is not Zionism" in Jerusalem on Sunday as Israel decided to bury a proposal that would prevent Arab citizens of Israel from purchasing land in some rural communities.
Three Israeli helicopters and two fighter planes were in the sky at the time of the strike on the three-storey building in Qarara, near the town of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, witnesses said. Two explosions were heard, but it was not clear which aircraft fired, the witnesses added. The Israeli military declined to comment. Residents said the building was empty at the time of the attack, but the flying debris injured about 10 people. Three were taken to the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and seven were treated at the scene, witnesses said. Firefighters put out the ensuing blaze. The reason for the attack was not clear. A member of the militant Hamas movement, Ahmed Abdel Wahab, had lived in the building until his death several months ago, residents said. A relative, Yusef Abdel Wahab, is a member of Hamas' military wing and has been living in the building. He left only moments before Sunday's strike and was not harmed, Israel's Army Radio reported, citing Palestinians in the region. The air strike followed Palestinian mortar attacks on Saturday at the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom. No one was hurt at the settlement, which is just a few kilometres from the scene of the air strike. The Gaza Strip has been relatively quiet compared to the West Bank. Of the more than 70 suicide bombings against Israel in the past two years, all have come from the West Bank. Palestinian militants have carried out periodic shooting and mortar attacks against Jewish settlers in Gaza. In other incidents, a Palestinian teenager was wounded by Israeli fire as the army moved into more West Bank villages just hours after troops intercepted a lethal car bomb which was said to be destined for an attack on Israel. Dazir Hantouli (13), was moderately wounded after being hit by Israeli fire. — AP, AFP
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