A Palestinian doctor treats a wounded girl at the Shifa hospital following an Israeli army attack in Gaza city

By Yasser Al-Banna, IOL Palestine Correspondent

GAZA CITY, June 11 (IslamOnline.net) - Three Palestinians were killed and 32 others injured, including 13 in critical condition, when U.S.-made Israeli Apache  helicopters bombarded eastern areas of Gaza City late Tuesday, June 10.

Eyewitnesses told IslamOnline.net that resistance fighters from Ezz El-Dine Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, were firing rockets at Jewish settlements when they were spotted by the Israeli Apache that fired missiles on a car waiting for them in a nearby areas.

The Israeli helicopter gunships fired random missiles at residential areas in the east of Gaza City wreaking heavy damages on Palestinian houses.

Hamas sources confirmed that none of its fighters was injured in the Israeli helicopter attack.

Dr Maaouiya Hasanain of Al-Shefaa hospital in Gaza said the new Israeli attack razed three Palestinian houses and claimed the lives of three citizens.

Palestinians gather around a smouldering car shortly after it was hit by Israeli army tank and helicopter fire in the Jabaliya refugee camp

He identified the martyrs as Hammoda Farag Abd Rabbu, 19, Mohammad Fayez Saleh Abd Rabbu, 22 , and Mariam Ragab Ebrahim Abd Rabbu, 16.

"These massacres are committed by Israeli occupation forces under the cover of Aqaba and Sharm El-Sheikh summits" charged Ismael Hanyia, a Hamas leader.

The Israeli occupation army seeks to commit as many crimes as possible to confuse the resistance, he said, asserting that the Palestinian Intifada against the occupation would continue unabated.

The attack came hours after a failed Israeli attempt to assassinate Hamas leader Abdul Aziz al-Rantissi.