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IOF Warplanes Shell Ministry of Interior in Gaza City; Infant Killed

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27 February 2008

At app.
10:45pm on 27/2/2008, IOF warplanes launched three missiles at the Ministry of Interior building in western Gaza City.
As a result, the three upper floors of the five-story building were destroyed.
It caused damage to many neighboring houses.
An infant, Mohammad Nasser Abdel Aziz Al Borei, was killed.
He was seven-months old and in his home at the time, which is opposite the Ministry building.
The shelling caused a stone to fall on him.
In the same incident, five citizens were injured from shattered glass.

In a separate incident, at app.
11:30pm the same day, an IOF helicopter fired three missiles at another building that belonged to the Ministry of Interior in At Daraj neighborhood on Port Said Street.
The three top floors of the five-story building were destroyed, but no injuries were reported.