Israel kills Palestinian in fresh strikes on Gaza
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP):
Israel and fighters in Gaza traded cross-border fire Wednesday, renewing deadly violence a day after Israeli strikes killed 15 people in the Palestinian territory.
Smoke billowed from the densely-populated Palestinian territory after Israel announced it was targeting rocket launching infrastructure held by Islamic Jihad.
A Gaza health ministry official told AFP one person was killed, while one other was seriously wounded.
Minutes later, an AFP journalist saw dozens of rockets fired towards Israel.
The Israeli military said sirens warning of incoming fire blared in communities close to the border, including the city of Ashkelon.
The latest violence comes a day after Israeli strikes on Gaza killed three top Islamic Jihad members and 12 others, including four children, according to a health ministry toll.
Israel’s military said Wednesday’s strikes included firing on militants “who were travelling to a rocket launch site in the city of Khan Yunis” in southern Gaza.
Islamic Jihad had vowed Tuesday to retaliate, with Israel warning its residents near the border to stay near bomb shelters.
The senior Islamic Jihad operatives killed were named as Jihad Ghannam, Khalil al-Bahtini and Tareq Ezzedine.
Although based in Gaza, the latter was a leader in the West Bank.
Earlier Wednesday, Israeli troops raided the West Bank town of Qabatiya, killing two people.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the two men as Ahmed Jamal Tawfiq Assaf, 19, and Rani Walid Ahmed Qatanat, 24.
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