Gaza, january 02: At least four people, including a child, have been wounded when Israeli war jets and tanks struck several targets in eastern and southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medical sources have said.
Israeli F16 fighters fired two missiles and tanks fired two shells early on Saturday that landed at empty areas east and northeast of Gaza City, witnesses said.
Local ambulances took four people from eastern Gaza for medical treatment at Gaza hospitals, according to medical sources. The four were lightly injured.
Residents also said Israeli warplanes carried out a fifth raid on a post belonging to the Hamas movement in the southeast of the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesman confirmed aircraft had attacked Gaza, but gave no further details.
The offensive marked the latest violence along Gaza’s border, which has been mostly quiet since a war Israel launched in Gaza on December 27, 2008 ended on January 18.
–Agencies