IOF Helicopters Kills Elderly Man and Injures Child

On Tuesday, 11/6/2008, at approximately 12:30pm, an IOF helicopter launched one missile towards the Dabbour family farm in eastern Tal Al Zaatar neighborhood in northern Gaza Strip.

As a result, 63-year-old Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Essela was killed and his granddaughter, 5-year-old Heba Hassan Mohammed Essela, was injured.
Medical sources in Al Awda Hospital described her injury as moderate.

It is noteworthy that both of them were sitting in front of his store when the missile struck.
It landed about thirty meters away from them and he was hit by shrapnel from the missile.
Essela operated a store that sold commercial feed for animals.