Israeli missile kills a Palestinian in Gaza

Gaza, Aug 16: An Israeli aircraft fired a missile into a house in the southern Gaza Strip early today, killing one Palestinian man, witnesses and medics said.

The Israeli army said it had targeted a weapons storage facility and warned everyone inside to leave before the attack.

The air strike destroyed a two-storey house that belonged to a member of the militant group al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Khan Younis, near Gaza's border with Egypt, security sources said.

Emergency workers pulled one body from the rubble, medics said.

His identity was not immediately known.

Yesterday, Israeli soldiers opened fire on two Palestinian gunmen, thwarting their bid to enter Israel from southern Gaza, an Israeli army spokesman said.

The spokesman said troops had shot the gunmen, but he did not know their condition.

Violence in Gaza had persisted during a month-long Israeli war with Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon where a ceasefire took effect on Monday.

Israel launched an offensive in Gaza after gunmen abducted a soldier on June 25 in a cross-border raid. The army's campaign was also aimed at stopping militants firing rockets into southern Israel.

Reuters

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