Israeli warplanes bomb security building
Israeli war planes tonight bombed a Palestinian security building in apparent retaliation for a shooting attack against Israel earlier today.
The war planes, believed to be F-16s, fired two bombs at the Palestinian security complex on the Mediterranean coast, just a few hundred yards from the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
There was no immediate word on casualties.
However, the planes circled overhead for several minutes before striking, and Palestinian security officials dashed out of the complex before the bombing began.
The complex was already badly damaged in previous Israeli air strikes.
Israel has confined Arafat to the West Bank city of Ramallah for the past two months, demanding that he arrest Palestinian militants. He has not been in Gaza since November.
The air strikes came hours after two Palestinian gunmen opened fire outside an Israeli military base in the southern city of Beersheba, killing two women soldiers and injuring five people before they were shot dead by the troops.
