Israel's military has targeted senior insurgency operatives in the Gaza Strip. The operatives were deemed as leading figures in the Palestinian missile strikes from the northern Gaza Strip against Israeli civilian targets. More than a dozen people have been injured in Palestinian missile strikes on the Israeli city of Sderot over the past two weeks. On Thursday, Palestinian sources said an Israel Air Force AH-64A Apache attack helicopter fired a missile toward the home of Shadi Abu Awamer in Gaza City. Awamer, a Fatah operative, was killed and several others were injured. Israeli military sources refused to confirm the attack and said Awamer was killed in an explosion in his apartment.
| "A helicopter, y'say? Yer sure it was ours? What color was it?... Uhuh... And how many rotor blades?..." |
They described Awamer as a key organizer of the development and production of the Nasser-3 short-range missile. The Nasser-3 has been described as an enhanced version of the Hamas-developed Kassam. |