Palestinian sources said and Israeli aircraft opened fire Monday evening on a vehicle traveling in the south Gaza town of Rafah. According to the report, two bystanders were hit in the attack, but no details were given as to their condition.
Shortly before the strike a Qassam rocket fired from north Gaza landed in an open field south of Ashkelon. No injuries or damage were reported.
Defense Minster Ehud Barak
told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday that the IDF is "operating in all manners possible to stop the Qassam fire against Israel," adding that during its extensive operations in the Strip, the army has killed some 200 terrorists in the last four months, including 16 in recent days.
Sunday evening a member of the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's armed wing, was killed by IDF fire in the north Gaza town of Jabalya.
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