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Four dead in gaza air strike { September 24 2005 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1577582,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1577582,00.html Four reported dead in Gaza air strike Associated Press Saturday September 24, 2005 Israel launched an air strike on two cars driving in Gaza City today, killing at least four Hamas militants and wounding nine other people, Palestinian doctors and Hamas officials said. The strike came hours after Israeli towns were hit by the first major Hamas rocket barrage from Gaza since Israel pulled out of the coastal territory two weeks ago. Israel had promised a "crushing" response to the rocket attacks, which lightly wounded five Israelis, and has massed troops along the Gaza border. Nabil Shaath, the deputy Palestinian prime minister, denounced the air strike as "an act of criminal aggression" and said it threatened to derail an already fragile ceasefire. The Israeli army did not comment. The air strike occurred on a dirt road in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City. A construction worker, Ziad Salim, said he was working on a nearby house when the missiles struck. "We've been hearing the planes all day, but suddenly I heard two explosions very close by. I looked out the window and I saw two cars. They were in flames and there were two bodies thrown near them on the ground," he said. He said children were playing nearby at the time, and that it appeared that some of them were among the wounded. Dr Moawia Hassanein, a senior medical official in Gaza, confirmed the casualties, but had no concrete information on their identities. Abu Obeida, a Hamas spokesman, said both vehicles were carrying Hamas militants, though he did not have the names of the dead. Mushir al Masri, another Hamas spokesman, said a local commander was among the dead. Radio stations said Israeli Apache helicopters remained overhead and warned people to be careful. The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, planned to meet with top security advisers later today.

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