Israeli helicopters wound 14 in Gaza

Israeli helicopters launched missile strikes this evening on Palestinian security buildings at a Gaza Strip refugee camp, wounding…

Israeli helicopters launched missile strikes this evening on Palestinian security buildings at a Gaza Strip refugee camp, wounding 14 civilians.

The explosions could be heard in the center of Gaza City.Witnesses and the army also reported an Israeli raid on a security building in the Palestinian self-rule town of Jenin in the West Bank.

Helicopters fired two missiles into a police station and four missiles into a security building in the Gaza refugee camp of Jabalia, a senior Palestinian security source said.

Witnesses said a missile hit a generator at the camp, cutting off power. Palestinian television said two missiles had not exploded.

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An AFP photographer on the scene said gaping holes several meters high appeared in the top floor of a two-storey building which houses some of the offices belonging to the preventive security service.

AFP