JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli warplanes hit southern Gaza Wednesday after sniper fire against troops, the military said, in the second such strike since a seven-week war in the Palestinian territory ended in August.
"In response to the firing at our forces who were east of the fence in the southern Gaza Strip, we carried out immediate attacks against the relevant targets," a statement said shortly after Palestinian medics reported the death of a Hamas militant in the same area.
Medical sources said Tayseer al-Ismary, 33, died after being hit by a bullet fired by the Israeli army, while Hamas sources confirmed he was a member of the movement's military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.