The Israeli army attacks Gaza, living eight dead by Tuesday afternoon, meanwhile invading troops in the West Bank kill one Palestinian, theses stories and more coming up stay tuned.

The News Cast

During the continuous Israeli military offensive in the Northern part of the Gaza strip, Palestinian sources reported that the death toll among Palestinians by Tuesday afternoon stands at 8 .Dozens of Palestinians were also injured including journalists, while the Israeli army reported four Israeli soldiers were injured in two separate incidents.

Four Palestinian resistance fighters, from the Islamic Jihad faction, were killed on Tuesday morning when Israeli artillery shelled areas of Khan Younis and Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces invaded parts of Kahn Younis shortly after, Palestinian resistance fired RPG rockets at the invading forces injuring four soldiers, according to Israeli sources.

Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli air strikes killed two Palestinians in Beit Hanoun in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The Islamic Jihad movement issued a press release stating that one of its men had been killed during clashes with under-cover Israeli forces near the agricultural college, north of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. They identified the fighter as Husam Nashwan, 26.

Later in the day, the Salah Al Deen brigade, the armed wing of the popular resistance committee in Gaza, stated that one of its men was killed when an invading Israeli tank opened fire at him and his comrades. In addition to the death, another five were injured.

Palestinian medical sources say they are still receiving injured persons from the attacks on the southern part of the costal region, among them wounded journalists. Kamal Mussa, from the Palestinian European hospital in Gaza told IMEMC that the army is using unconventional ammunition in the attacks which is leading to severe burns and critical wounds.

In the West Bank, Sources in Nablus reported that a member of the al Aqsa brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, was killed, and other three were injured during an Israeli attack on the old city of Nablus in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The sources identified the man as Sulieman Al Qasas,22.Meanwhile, the Israeli military invaded other areas of the northern West Bank City and eyewitnesses reported military vehicles opening random fire on the areas.

In the meantime the Israeli army invaded several areas in the West Bank and kidnapped 12 Palestinian on Tuesday. One of those kidnapped was taken when undercover Israeli forces stormed an office belonging to the Fatah movement in the central west Bank city of Ramallah, the man was known Muhammad Al-Bawwab, 22.

Conclusion

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