Beit Hanoun Loses Two Citizens in an IOF Incursion

4 January 2008

At app.
2am, on 4/1/2008, an IOF special unit entered into the eastern area of Biyart Al Basha of Beit Hanoun, supported by seven IOF military vehicles under helicopter cover.
They entered the area amid intensive gunfire.
App.
55 minutes later, IOF helicopters fired one missile that landed near residential homes on Al Masreen Street.
After another fifteen minutes, an additional six military vehicles entered into the eastern areas of Beit Hanoun amid intensive gunfire.

At app.
5am that same day, IOF military vehicles moved east of the area of their incursion until they withdrew at10am, on Friday morning.
Two citizens were killed: Mohamed Al Kafarna, 25, and Ahmed Al Kafarna, 27.
During this incursion, 200 dunams of agriculture lands were bulldozed.