An Israeli air strike on southern Rafah city in southern Gaza Strip took away the lives of two Palestinian civilians and left five others wounded at dawn Thursday.
Spokesperson for the Palestinian Health Ministry Ashraf al-Qidra identified the two casualties as 24-year-old Hussam al-Soufi a resident of Rafah city and 38-year-old Mohamed al-Akraa a resident of Gaza city.
According to local sources Israeli fighter jets struck a tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border area killing two workers and injuring five others inside the tunnel.
The casualties and wounded civilians were rushed to the Abu Youssef al-Najar Hospital in Rafah.
The offensive came just a few hours after rockets from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt allegedly slammed into Eilat city in 1948 Occupied Palestine.
The Israeli army said its Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted three rockets headed for Eilat late Wednesday night while a fourth exploded in an open area.
On Monday evening the Israeli occupation army targeted the blockaded Gaza Strip with 19 air strikes and barrages of artillery shells following claims that a shell struck Ashkelon city to the south of Palestinian territories occupied in 1948.
