Wednesday, August 24, 2011

1 killed as Israeli warplanes strike Gaza in border violence flare up


GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli warplanes struck Gaza late Wednesday killing one Palestinian and injuring another, medical officials said, amid reports that six rockets had been fired into southern Israel.

An Israeli airstrike targeted a group of people in the Ash-Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, a Ma'an correspondent said.

One man died and one was injured, medics said.

Six projectiles were fired at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday with no injuries reported, the Israeli army said.

The projectiles landed near Hof Askelon, Ofakim, Pithat Shalom and Eshkol in the south of Israel.

Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing a grad rocket towards Ashkelon on Wednesday, a statement said, to avenge the murder of their leader Ismail Al-Asmar in an Israeli airstrike late Tuesday morning.

The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades claimed responsibility for firing a rocket towards Ofakim, a statement said.

Maan News Agency

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