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Islamic Jihad Leader Killed In Gaza BlastEight people were killed, including a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, and some 40 were wounded when an explosion destroyed a house in the Gaza Strip late on Friday, a group spokesman and local medics said. The Israeli army denied any involvement. Islamic Jihad said an air strike caused the blast, which also killed three other militants as well as the wife and two young children of the commander, Ayman Fayed, better known as Abu Abdallah. "We will respond to this Zionist massacre painfully," Abu Ahmed, a spokesman for Islamic Jihads armed wing said. "We will strike the enemy everywhere." A senior figure in the movement linked the incident to Israeli threats to kill senior militants it holds responsible for rockets fired into Israel - and to this weeks killing in Damascus of a top commander of Lebanons Hezbollah group. An Israeli military spokeswoman denied any role in the Gaza blast, saying: "The Israeli army spokesman announces that the military has no connection to this matter." Relatives said a son and daughter of the 41-year-old Fayed, aged 6 and 5, were killed. Three of his other children were wounded. Rescuers combing the rubble in the dark found one body three hours after the blast, which also damaged surrounding homes. Some residents of the al-Bureij refugee camp said they believed there had been an air strike. Others said they heard no aircraft noise or other indications before the explosion. Witnesses at the scene said they saw debris among the rubble of what looked like the locally manufactured rockets the Islamic Jihad and other groups fire at Israeli towns. Israel has used air strikes on cars in Gaza to kill a number of militants lately but has not bombed a house there since 2006. Militants have also been killed in accidental explosions and faction fighting, while some Palestinians also accuse Israel of using undercover methods to set off explosions in the enclave. Reuters Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationThe Saturday Profile: A Renegade’s Tale of His Scorn for Japan’s ?Club of Old Me...Fighting With Militants Shows Signs of Spreading in Lebanon... Northern winter the hottest on record... Taiwan zoos fuel panda war... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Islamic Jihad Leader Killed In Gaza Blast |
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