By Xinhua
Gaza : The Popular Resistance Committee, a group loyal to Hamas, on Wednesday said its fighters have fired three mortar shells on an Israeli commercial crossing point in southeast Gaza Strip.
In a statement sent to the media, the al-Nasser Saladin Brigades, the armed wing of the PRC, said the shells hit Kerem Shalom crossing on the point where Gaza, Egypt and Israel borders meet.
“The Zionist entity admitted the missiles landed on the crossing and claimed they caused no casualties,” the statement said.
The PRC said the shelling was in response to the Israeli army operations in West Bank where the soldiers killed a militant from the Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement earlier in the day.
The shelling took place despite relative calmness that prevailsin the Gaza Strip since Israel ended five-day offensive in the Hamas-run territory in early March.
In the meantime, Egypt tries to reinforce a ceasefire between Gaza armed factions and Israel.