Two people killed in Israeli airstrike on Rafah

20 سبتمبر/أيلول 2012 الساعة . 10:35 ص   بتوقيت القدس

Two Palestinians were killed and a third was seriously wounded on Wednesday evening in an airstrike, carried out by an Israeli occupation aircraft, on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.

Local sources said that an Israeli drone fired a rocket at a Toyota 4-wheel drive travelling in the centre of Rafah near Abu Taha petrol station resulting in the death of the two people and the wounding of a third travelling on board.

Ambulances rushed to the scene and recovered two corpses and a seriously wounded person, who died on arrival at hospital.

The two men who were killed were identified as Ashraf  Saleh and Anis Abu Al-Aineen. The third man is being treated at the European hospital in Gaza.