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IAF aircraft struck in the Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis Friday afternoon, Palestinian medical officials said, after two Kassam rockets were earlier fired at southern Israel.The air strike reportedly killed one man and critically wounded another.The identities of the men were not immediately known. Palestinian security officials said the men were riding a motorcycle when they were hit by fire from an army drone flying overhead.The IDF, confirming the strike, said the men were planning an attack against Israel. Later Friday, the air force also struck six smuggling tunnels on the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egyptian border with Gaza.Meanwhile, A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by IDF troops during rioting near Hebron's Cave of Machpela on Friday afternoon, Palestinian medical sources said.The army said it shot one of the instigators of the riot, which it said included rock throwing and use of Molotov cocktails.Two rockets were fired at Israel early Friday morning, despite Hamas insisting that a Gaza truce announcement was imminent.One of the Kassams struck the Sderot area, while the other landed in the Eshkol region. The rockets hit open areas, causing no casualties or damage.On Wednesday, Gaza terrorists fired three mortar shells at the Eshkol region, and the IAF responded by bombing a Hamas outpost in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.The army said Wednesday that over 40 rockets, mortar shells and Grad missiles had been fired at the South since both Israel and Hamas declared short-term cease-fires at the end of Operation Cast Lead in mid-January.The IDF emphasized that it would continue to hold Hamas responsible for all projectiles fired from Gaza, regardless of which Palestinian terror group is launching them.By AP AND JPOST.COM STAFF
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