MID: Israeli bombs Gaza though the night, seven more killed
29 Dec 2008 4:57 PM
GAZA CITY, Dec 29 AFP - Israeli warplanes staged dozens of bombing raids on the Gaza Strip overnight killing seven people including six children, Palestinian hospital workers said on Monday.
An Israeli military spokesman said Israeli aircraft staged "several dozen air strikes" during the night without providing any details.
Four girls from the same family aged from one to 12 years old were killed in an air raid in the northern town of Jabaliya that targeted a mosque near their home.
Two boys were killed in raid in the southern city of Rafah, and the seventh person killed was a Hamas member.
Most of the bomb attacks were concentrated on Gaza City, where the Hamas interior ministry building was destroyed, according to an AFP correspondent.
Israeli aircraft also bombed Gaza City's Islamic University, a stronghold of the ruling Hamas movement, causing no injuries, according to witnesses.
An Israeli army spokesman said the site was used for the development of rockets, explosives and electronic devices used by militants and was also a meeting point for Hamas militants and a weapons cache.
Israel on Saturday launched a massive air offensive against the Hamas-ruled territory, destroying hundreds of targets and killing more than 300 people and wounding some 600, according to medics.
