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| A relative of Palestinian gunman Ahmed Nassir mourns during his funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 2, 2012. (Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa) |
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- A man died on Friday evening after being injured earlier in the day by an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, medics said.
Naji Qudeih, 34, was one of four people injured when Israeli aircraft bombed an auto rickshaw east of Khan Younis, hours after an Israeli soldier and Palestinian militant were killed in an exchange of fire along the border.
Qudeih, from Khan Younis, was critically wounded and later died from his injuries, medical services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an that aircraft targeted what she described as a terrorist squad that had fired a rocket at Israeli soldiers. She said a hit was confirmed.
Earlier, a Palestinian gunman breached the southern Gaza border and opened fire on Israeli soldiers, who returned fire, the Israeli army said. A soldier, identified by the army as 21-year-old Netanel Moshiashvili, and a Palestinian were killed.
A Gaza radio station close to Islamic Jihad named the man killed as 22-year-old Ahmad Abu Naser.
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip told Ma'an that the attack appeared to have been aimed at luring Israeli forces into the area in an attempt to capture a soldier.
Maan News Agency
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