An Israeli aircraft fired at gunmen east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the army said. According to witnesses, at least three people were killed, all of them members of the al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad's military wing.
The army said the aircraft fired at two gunmen who were located about 600 meters from the fence with Israel,
near the Kissufim crossing. They were hit because they were approaching the fence, the army said.
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On Monday, a missile fired from an Israeli aircraft killed six Hamas
operatives travelling in a car in central Gaza. The military said they had been targeted as participants in terror activities.
The vehicle was leaving a Hamas military installation when it was targeted by Israeli aircraft, said Dr. Muawiya Hassanin of the Palestinian Health Ministry. Hamas members reported earlier that the car was hit as it approached a Hamas security post.
According to the IDF spokesperson's office, the occupants of the car were members of a rocket-launching cell that had fired a Qassam and a number of mortar shells towards Gaza vicinity communities earlier the same day.
As such, the airstrike is part of continuing operations by the IDF's Gaza Division to combat rocket launchings from the Strip. Although Qassam attacks have decreased in frequency recently, the military continues to observe and act to restrain Palestinian launch cells.
Hanan Greenberg and news agencies contributed to the report
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