One Palestinian was killed during an Israel Air Force missile strike in Gaza, sources in the Strip reported Wednesday afternoon.
According to the report, an aircraft launched a missile at a group of Palestinians near the former Civil Administration building in the Jabalya area. The victim's identity has yet to be revealed.
The IDF confirmed that it had attacked a rocket-launching cell in northern Gaza. According to military sources, the cell was behind the latest Qassam barrage on Sderot, but could not say whether it had launched the rocket that killed an Israeli student at Sapir College.
Earlier Five members of Hamas' military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, were killed after an IDF aircraft fired missiles at a bus and another vehicle carrying the group's operatives west of the Gaza town of Khan Younis.
According to local sources, the bus was hit by several missiles as it was approaching a naval force post near Gaza's coast. Several people were wounded in the strike.
Three of the men killed were reportedly senior commanders of the group's rocket unit. Palestinian sources estimated that the bus had been under surveillance since it left the Jabalya area.
Hanan Greenberg contributed to the report
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