A Palestinian was killed by IDF gunfire in southern Gaza near the town of Khan Younis before dawn on Wednesday, a Palestinian health official said.IDF Spokesperson said soldiers saw a group of men approach Israel's border fence with Gaza and launched an airstrike against them.RELATED:
Hamas: No connection to Eilat-Aqaba rocket attack
Editorial: Hamas’s violent messageThe military routinely fires on people who approach that part of the border fence in southern Gaza because it has been a frequent target of explosive devices and attempts to kidnap Israeli soldiers, IDF Spokesperson stated.Gaza health official Moaiya Hassanain said three others were wounded in the Israeli strike.The incident came after a period of escalated violence in the South. Six rockets were fired from Sinai early Monday morning. One landed in the Sinai, another in a field near Eilat and two in the Red Sea. Two more rockets landed in Jordan near the Intercontinental Hotel in Aqaba, killing one person and wounding four others. if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){console.log("hedva connatix");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";}Overnight Saturday the Israeli Air Force struck targets in Gaza in what the IDF said was retaliation for a Kassam rocket fired into Israel which struck near Sderot damaging a building.On Friday night, a top Hamas commander was killed and another 11 Gazans were wounded by an Israeli air strike that came in response to a Katyusha attack on Ashkelon earlier in the day.
Hamas: No connection to Eilat-Aqaba rocket attack
Editorial: Hamas’s violent messageThe military routinely fires on people who approach that part of the border fence in southern Gaza because it has been a frequent target of explosive devices and attempts to kidnap Israeli soldiers, IDF Spokesperson stated.Gaza health official Moaiya Hassanain said three others were wounded in the Israeli strike.The incident came after a period of escalated violence in the South. Six rockets were fired from Sinai early Monday morning. One landed in the Sinai, another in a field near Eilat and two in the Red Sea. Two more rockets landed in Jordan near the Intercontinental Hotel in Aqaba, killing one person and wounding four others. if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){console.log("hedva connatix");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";}Overnight Saturday the Israeli Air Force struck targets in Gaza in what the IDF said was retaliation for a Kassam rocket fired into Israel which struck near Sderot damaging a building.On Friday night, a top Hamas commander was killed and another 11 Gazans were wounded by an Israeli air strike that came in response to a Katyusha attack on Ashkelon earlier in the day.
