fatema-al-najjar_50Fatema al-Najjar, a 55-year-old Palestinian woman and member of al-Qassam Brigades, armed wing of Islamic Hamas, gusted amidst Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza Strip injuring four of them.

According to the sources, the woman carried an explosive belt and approached the Israeli forces that were operating in the north Gaza strip and blew her up.

An Israeli army spokesperson stated that a Palestinian female suicide bomber blew herself up near an Israeli army force east of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, and injured four Israeli soldiers.

In a moment prior to the suicide bombing attack, three Palestinians were killed in the separate incidents in northern Gaza Strip.

Two militants were traveling in a car when an Israeli aircraft bombarded them with a rocket while a third was killed during a shoot out in northern Gaza Strip.

This corresponds to seven deaths due to violence in a single day in the region.

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