No casualties in Haniyeh house bombing
- 10 years ago
The sun rises over Gaza, revealing the extent of the violence.
After an intense night of of Israeli artillery and tank shelling, smoke still billows across the horizon.
Before dawn an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at the home of the Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh. The house was flattened but a neighbour says there were no casualties.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) NEIGHBOUR OF HAMAS GAZA LEADER IN GAZA, ISMAIL HANIYEH, FATIMA ABU RIYALE, SAYING:
"Last night while we were sleeping, at 1.30 in the morning, when the rockets started falling, there were three strikes. We took our children while they were sleeping, and we escaped this way, to the northern side, but thankfully there was no damage, no wounded, no martyrs - and all for the the Jihadists, and for Abu el Abed (referring to Ismail Haniyeh), and God willing he will stay safe"
Only a framed picture of Haniyeh escapes unscathed, like the leader himself.
In another attack, a building is gutted, targ
After an intense night of of Israeli artillery and tank shelling, smoke still billows across the horizon.
Before dawn an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at the home of the Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh. The house was flattened but a neighbour says there were no casualties.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) NEIGHBOUR OF HAMAS GAZA LEADER IN GAZA, ISMAIL HANIYEH, FATIMA ABU RIYALE, SAYING:
"Last night while we were sleeping, at 1.30 in the morning, when the rockets started falling, there were three strikes. We took our children while they were sleeping, and we escaped this way, to the northern side, but thankfully there was no damage, no wounded, no martyrs - and all for the the Jihadists, and for Abu el Abed (referring to Ismail Haniyeh), and God willing he will stay safe"
Only a framed picture of Haniyeh escapes unscathed, like the leader himself.
In another attack, a building is gutted, targ