Israeli warplanes attack southern Gaza Strip

Israeli warplanes bombed a site west of Khan Younis city, south of the besieged Gaza Strip, at dawn Tuesday.  There are no immediate reports of casualties.  According to Palestinian security sources, the Israeli warplanes fired three rockets on the site, causing explosions heard around the city.  The Israeli military, meanwhile, claimed that the Air Force struck a Hamas terror base and an additional Hamas terror target in the Gaza Strip.  It claimed that the action came after a sniper from Gaza fired on Israeli cars in the South, causing damage to property earlier on Monday. A rocket was also fired from Gaza into the Ashekelon Coast Regional Council area. No one was injured in the attacks, the Israeli daily (Jerusalem Post) reported.  In the meantime, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man, in his thirties, was shot and wounded by Israeli military, on Monday afternoon, in Al-Qarara town, east of Khan Younis. The sources said that the man was shot in his leg by Israeli soldiers stationed at a military tower, near the eastern border to Al-Qarara. Israel prohibits the Palestinians from approaching border areas in the Gaza Strip, and its soldiers open fire at any person who enters areas marked as no-man zones. Dozens of casualties were reported among farmers working in their own lands, and among workers who collect scrap metal and debris of bombarded and demolished buildings for recycling. (QNA)