From Occupied Palestine

Israeli planes bomb house in northern Gaza Strip
Ramatan News Agency, 7 August 2006

Beit Lahiya, Gaza -- An Israeli aeroplane fired at least one missile at a house in the northern Gaza Strip town of Bayt Lahiya on Monday pre-dawn and completely destroying it, RNA correspondent said.

The correspondent said that the residents of the two-story home received telephone call from the Israeli army urging them to leave the house before the aeroplanes struck it. The house owner, Muhammad al-Shurafa, told RNA correspondent that the Israeli army telephoned him and ordered him to leave the house with his family as the army will strike it. Shurafa added that he took his family out of the home but he thought that someone might be joking so he returned to the house few minutes later and immediately the telephone rang again "and it was again the Israeli army".

According to Shurafa, the Israeli army official (who was talking with him in the phone call) said: "Why did you return? I told you this is not a joke." As soon as the telephone call finished, Al-Shurafa rushed out of the house and then minutes later an Israeli aircraft missile hit the house, Al-Shurafa clarified.

Meanwhile, Palestinian medical sources reported that no one was injured in the blast.