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GAZA CITY (Ma‘an) 16 Aug – One man was killed and seven others injured as Israeli warplanes struck targets in the central and southern Gaza Strip early Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources and the Israeli army said ... Several people were injured as Israeli forces fired at a group of people in the Az-Zaitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, Palestinian medical sources said. All of the victims were evacuated to Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Mousa Shteiwi, 29, later died from his injuries. Three other Palestinians, including a 6-year-old child, also sustained injuries as an Israeli airstrike hit the border area near Rafah, southern Gaza, medics said ... Israeli forces launched air raids in several areas of the coastal enclave after midnight with operations continuing until the early morning Ramadan meal, just before daybreak. Palestinian sources said they counted five air strikes across Gaza. The Israeli army confirmed that airstrikes had hit the coastal enclave. "Overnight, IAF aircraft targeted four targets in the Gaza Strip. Direct hits were confirmed," a statement said. "These sites were targeted in response to the firing of a rocket from the Gaza Strip at the city of Be'er Sheva." The projectile that hit near Beersheba did not cause any damage or injuries, the military said. Israeli public radio said a second projectile had been fired at Beersheba, but it was not immediately clear where it landed. Israeli warplanes also targeted a Hamas military base in the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, with no reported injuries. http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=413468
