sraeli warplanes bombed a car in the northern Gaza Strip killing one member of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, and seriously wounding another early on Saturday.
According to a statement from the Al-Quds Brigades, a fighter jet fired a missile at a car in the town of Beit Lahiya, killing Mahmoud Fattouh
Fattouh’s body arrived at the hospital torn into pieces.
“Fattouh was killed after he fired a homemade projectile towards Israeli town of Sderot,” the statement added.
One projectile landed in an open area in the western Negev desert, causing no damage or injuries.
The Israel military said it did not carry out any operations in Gaza on Saturday.
Israel’s air force launched another airstrike on the Al-Fukhkhari neighborhood of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. No casualties have been reported there.
Saturday's attack was the third strike against Islamic Jihad fighters in Gaza. On Wednesday night Al-Quds Brigades commander Khaled Sha'lan was killed in a strike on northern Gaza, and two others were killed on Thursday in middle Gaza.
Islamic Jihad swore to avenge the killings, beginning with increased launching of homemade rockets.
Source:
Maan News Agency