Ten Palestinians including children wounded in Israeli air raid

Ten Palestinian citizens including five children were wounded afternoon Sunday in an Israeli air raid that targeted a motorbike in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, sources said.

A local source said that an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at a motorbike in Brazil suburb in Rafah city, adding that two men were riding the bike and that ten citizens were injured as a result of the explosions.

For his part, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry spokesman in Gaza, told Quds Press that five children were among the casualties.

He said that three of the casualties were in a very serious condition while the children, who included a toddler, suffered moderate to light injuries.

Qudra said that no one was killed in the raid that targeted an area crowded with civilians and at a time schoolchildren, in the evening schools, were heading back home.