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Palestinian killed by Israeli airstrike in eastern Gaza

January 22, 2019 at 7:00 pm

24 Palestinian Mahmoud Abed al-Nabahin was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on 22 January 2019 – [Twitte]

Israeli warplanes on Tuesday evening struck a position in the eastern Gaza Strip, killing at least one Palestinian, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Anadolu Agency reports.

The ministry has identified the slain Palestinian as Mahmoud Abed al-Nabahin, 24.

The airstrike left four other Palestinians injured, one of them seriously, the ministry said.

In a statement, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Gaza-based resistance faction Hamas, said that al-Nabahin had been one of its members.

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