Six Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Six Palestinians were killed and 32 injured by Israeli strikes on Gaza after militants fired on an Israeli jeep, wounding four soldiers, medics and witnesses said on Sunday. The flare-up, which began on Saturday, was one of the most serious since Israel’s devastating 22-day operation in the Gaza Strip over New Year 2009. In the latest in a spate of attacks and counter-attacks between the army and Palestinians, a militant was killed and two other people wounded in an Israeli air strike near the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya overnight, medics said. The dead man was named Mohammed Shwikani, the group said.