By KUNA
Ramallah : An Israeli air strike in the centre of the Gaza Strip left seven Palestinians dead and more than 80 wounded, Palestinian medical officials said on Friday.
The sources added to KUNA that some of the injured are in critical conditions and the number of fatality could increase, saying that women and children are among those killed and injured.
The Israeli strike hit a home east of Bureij refugee camp, the house belonged to Ayman Abu Fayed, 42, a leader of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
Palestinian eyewitnesses said they saw an Israeli F-15 fighter firing at least one missile in the camp.
At least seven houses were completely destroyed as result of the attack, eyewitnesses said.
Abu Fayed was killed in the raid along with five other people, including his wife and four unidentified people when the missile leveled the three-storey building, the sources said.