Israeli air raid kills Palestinian teenager in northern Gaza

A Palestinian teenager was killed and five others were wounded on Monday morning in a fresh Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses reported.

Witnesses said that 15-year-old Ramzi Shiraf was killed when an air-to-ground Israeli missile landed at him near Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, five others were injured, including a teacher and four pupils, whose school bus was coincidently passing by the area, medics at Kamal Odwan said.

The Israeli army stepped up a military offensive against the Gaza Strip on Nov. 1 by launching the "Autumn Clouds" operation which has killed at least 50 Palestinians and wounded more than 200 others.

Israel said the operation aimed at stemming the homemade rocket attacks from the northern Gaza Strip at its towns and communities.

Source: Xinhua