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23 June 2012
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At approximately 4:45 pm on Saturday 23 June 2012, Israeli aircraft fired two missiles targeting a motorcycle travelling opposite the Zughbur tower in the An-Naser neighborhood of western Gaza City.
One of the missiles hit the street asphalt and the other hit the railing on the tower’s top floor, causing a piece of it to fall and hit a passerby, Osama Mahmoud Mohammed Ali, 46, in the head, killing him.
Nine other people were injured, including a woman; the injuries of two were described as critical.
The driver of the motorcycle managed to escape.
Al Mezan has identified the injured as:
· Atta Basher Al Helou, 20;
· Hasan Ismail Yassein, 30;
· Tamer Khalil As-Selawi, 25;
· Hasan Mohammed Oda, 22;
· Imad Ne’man Saleh Abu Nahel, 31;
· Ashraf Mohammed Al Masri, 32;
· Inshirah Harb Hamdounda, 47;
· Mohammed Abdel Rahem Hamdouna, 46; and
· Abdullah Daoud Al-Ledawi, 20.
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