By Xinhua,
Gaza : A 13-year-old child was killed and two other civilians wounded on Tuesday morning in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, medics and witnesses said.
Witnesses said that an Israeli helicopter launched one missile at a group of Palestinian militants near the town, adding that the missile missed the militants and hit three bystanders, including a child.
Mo’aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency in the Gaza-ruling Hamas ministry of health said that a 13-year-old Palestinian boy was killed and two other civilians were injured in the attack.
The Israeli air strike on northern Gaza Strip came shortly after Gaza militants launched two homemade rockets from northern Gaza Strip at the southern Israeli town of Sderout.
Israeli Radio quoted Israeli army sources as saying that two rockets fired from Gaza hit the town in the Negev desert, but caused no damages or casualties.
Tuesday morning’s escalation came as an Islamic Hamas movement delegation headed by senior leader Mahmoud al-Zahar is holding talks with senior Egyptian officials on reaching a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip.