By Xinhua
Gaza : Two Palestinian civilians were killed and six wounded on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike on the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, medics and witnesses said.
The witnesses said that an Israeli reconnaissance drone fired one rocket at Palestinian militants, who were launching homemade rockets from the area at southern Israel.
They added that the militants survived the attack, but the rocket hit a building in the town, killing two people and wounding six others.
The two dead were a woman and a 20-year-old man, said Medics at Kamal Odwan Hospital near Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, an Islamic Jihad (Holy War) militant was killed by an Israeli artillery shelling on the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia, medics and the group itself reported.
The group had also claimed responsibility for launching eight homemade rockets from northern Gaza at southern Israel. According to Israeli Radio, the rockets landed in an opened area, causing no damages or injuries.
It said in a leaflet that firing the rockets at Israel “is to express rejection to the current United States President George W. Bush to Israel and the Palestinian territories.”
Hundreds of Palestinians, supporters of Islamic Hamas movement and Islamic Jihad demonstrated in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to protest the visit of President Bush in the region.