Israeli airstrike kills Gaza fighter

Author: 
REUTERS
Publication Date: 
Tue, 2010-06-29 00:14

An Israeli army spokeswoman said a military aircraft had "targeted a Palestinian who fired a rocket-propelled grenade at soldiers" that struck inside Israel. Israeli media said a mortar bomb was also fired from Gaza at Israel, causing no injuries.
"A direct hit was identified" in the Israeli attack, the army spokeswoman said. There were no reported casualties from the grenade attack that prompted the air raid.
Israel frequently carries out air raids over Hamas-ruled Gaza, targeting Palestinians suspected of firing rockets into the Jewish state.
Palestinian medics said the latest strike struck near Jebalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, and that the man killed was active with the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
One of the two men wounded was in a serious condition, the medics said.
Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday in Gaza, when Israel attacked tunnels along the border with Egypt that it says are used to smuggle in weapons.

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