Israeli vehicle hit by projectile in eastern Gaza: army

By Anees Barghouthy
JERUSALEM (AA) - Israeli army on Sunday confirmed that an Israeli vehicle was shot and hit by a projectile in eastern Gaza.
“The projectile which hit the car in the western Negev was a ‘Kornet’ type Russian-made anti-tank missile,” Israeli army spokesman Ronen Manelis said.
''The vehicle was directly hit in the Erez area by a 'Kornet' anti-tank missile,'' said Manelis.

Meanwhile, an Israeli has succumbed to wounds sustained by rocket shrapnel that landed in Ashdod city, southern Israel bringing the Israeli death toll since Saturday to four.

Since Saturday, 25 Palestinians, including two pregnant women and two infant children, were martyred and more than 100 others wounded by Israeli air strikes.

The escalation in the Gaza Strip started when four Palestinians were martyred, including a teenager, and 51 wounded on Friday in Israeli army attacks on Hamas-affiliated sites and a separate attack on a rally against the decade-long occupation and siege of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli assaults were met by Palestinian resistance factions launching 600 rockets towards Israeli settlements, killing three people, according to Israel.