WRAP Israeli forces leave after raid, ADDS arrest of Palestinian
(14 Aug 2007) SHOTLIST Khan Younis, Gaza Strip 1. Ambulance arriving at hospital 2. Medics taking wounded man out of ambulance 3. Another wounded man taken into hospital 4. Wounded men in hospital 5. Car arriving at hospital 6. People in hospital hallway 7. Crowds outside of hospital Area bordering Gaza as seen from Israeli side 8. Various of Israeli vehicles leaving area of raid Khan Younis, Gaza Strip 9. Various of damaged buildings, people walking by, some picking up rubble 10. Various of children walking in tank tracks left in earth Southern Israel, near border with Gaza Strip 11. Israel troops standing by roadside, leaving the Gaza Strip 12. Soldier carrying a gun 13. Close up of Israeli soldiers sitting on ground 14. Various of detained Palestinian man, bound and blindfolded on chair in front of tank 15. Vest belonging to Palestinian on ground 16. Close up of bound hands of detained Palestinian 17. Detained Palestinian in front of tank Area bordering Gaza as seen from Israeli side 18. Israeli army trucks carrying Palestinian detainees 19. Palestinian detainees arrested during raid being led into detention centre 20. Palestinian detainees in detention centre 21. Close up of man's bound wrists STORYLINE Israeli forces left the southern Gaza Strip area of Khan Younis on Tuesday, ending an operation that began on Monday night, bringing with them dozens of detained Palestinian men. An Israeli army statement said that in an operation against "terror threats" from the southern Gaza Strip, forces fired at armed militants in four separate incidents and hit the targets on each occasion. Israeli aircraft struck a group of Islamic Jihad militants on Tuesday as they got out of a car in Khan Younis, reportedly killing one and seriously wounding another. Three men who were purportedly injured in the attack were taken to a hospital in Khan Younis. Earlier on Tuesday morning Israeli troops and aircraft attacked Islamic militants in the southern Gaza Strip, killing three Hamas fighters, two civilians and wounding over twenty others, Hamas and Palestinian medical officials said. Hamas said one of its men died in a pre-dawn airstrike, east of the town of Khan Younis, and a second was killed along with his 70-year-old mother when ground troops fired at their house. The body of a third was found later in the day. Palestinian medical officials said a civilian, Ibrahim al-Shami, 40, was shot dead by soldiers when he went out onto the roof of his house. A spokesman for the Israeli military said aircraft carried out three attacks and ground forces shot a gunman posing a threat to soldiers. Israeli Army Radio said troops were rounding up all local males above the age of 16 and interrogating them for information on militants. About 100 people were arrested by Israeli troops, the army and Hamas said. The army often carries out raids into Gaza to target militants and to thwart rocket fire toward Israeli towns. The military said Palestinians fired a rocket from the northern Gaza Strip toward Israel on Tuesday morning. There were no reports of injuries or damage. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
