TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Five Palestinians were killed on Monday by Israeli drone strikes in Gaza.
Gaza Strip health services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said two Palestinians were killed and two others wounded in the drone attack east of Rafah, in southern Gaza. He also said a third Palestinian who had been wounded in the attack died.
Meanwhile, Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, said six of their fighters were killed by the Israeli attack on Rafah. However, Qudra did not confirm the Qassam statement.
Witnesses said Qassam members were killed when a tunnel collapsed on them following the Israeli attack.
The Israeli military said it had “targeted nine terror sites and concealed rocket launchers across the Gaza Strip”, noting in a statement its attack came after militants fired more than 25 mortars and rockets to Israel on Sunday.
On Sunday, two other Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli drone attack east of Bureij refugee camp, near central Gaza’s border with Israel, said emergency services as reported by AFP. The Israeli military said it targeted “terrorists involved in rocket launching.”
Qudra said five civilians were also wounded in Beit Hanun after a rocket fired by Gaza insurgents fell in Israel.
The strikes come after the brutal murder of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khder on July 2 that triggered four days of violent clashes in east Jerusalem and have spread throughout Arab towns in Israel.
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