At least two Palestinians have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli drone strike on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Local residents and medics said the strike killed at least two Palestinians driving in a car in Gaza City on Friday.
Also earlier on Friday, Ashraf al-Qidra, the spokesman for the Hamas Ministry of Health in Gaza, said Israeli military tanks fired shells into the agricultural areas of the southern city of Khan Yunis, wounding several Palestinians, including a pregnant woman.
According to witnesses, the new Israeli assault damaged two mosques as well as a number of homes in the area.
Israeli drones and warplanes have pounded the besieged Gaza Strip on numerous occasions killing and injuring defenseless Palestinians.
Israelis claim their attacks are in retaliation for rockets fired from Gaza. However the Palestinians lack any drones, warplanes or even sophisticated missile systems to attack Israelis.
The Israeli military has recently conducted dozens of strikes on the coastal enclave after three Israeli settlers went missing.
Israel has accused Palestinian resistance movement Hamas of being behind the disappearance of the settlers. However, the movement has denied any involvement.
Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standards of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others were injured in Israel’s eight-day offensive on the coastal enclave, which ended on November 21, 2012.
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