3 killed, 1 injured in IAF strike on car in Gaza Strip

IDF spokesperson says attack aimed at terrorist group planning to kidnap Israelis over Passover holiday; Palestinians say 3 bodies, critically injured man brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital near Khan Younis.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS
IAF airstrike Gaza_311 reuters (photo credit: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters)
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(photo credit: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters)
IAF aircraft killed three Palestinian terrorists and critically wounded one in the southern Gaza Strip early on Saturday, Palestinian medical officials and the IDF spokesperson said.
Gaza residents said the planes fired on a car in which the three men were traveling in the town of Khan Younis. According to Palestinian news agency Ma'an, residents of Khan Younis reported hearing the single-missile strike.
RELATED:Kassam rocket lands south of Ashkelon; none hurtIAF kills Islamic Jihad militant, strikes tunnel The IDF spokesperson said the air strike was aimed at "a terrorist squad planning to kidnap Israelis in the Sinai Peninsula and Israel" over the upcoming Passover holiday.Ma'an cited sources as saying that the IAF targeted a white Toyota that was traveling between Khan Younis and Deir Al-Balah, completely obliterating the vehicle.
The three dead bodies were brought, badly charred, along with the critically injured man, to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital near Khan Younis, a Palestinian medical source told Ma'an.AnIAF air strike in the same area of Gaza on Wednesday killed a Palestinian terrorist on a motorcycle. Another strike earlier that day targeted a smuggling tunnel in the southern Strip.