Israeli helicopters fired two missiles at a house in the southern district of Gaza City on Sunday. The missile hit a house in the Zeitoun neighborhood, an area Israeli helicopters hit only last week.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the incident.
Meanwhile, a 16-year-old Palestinian was shot dead while standing at the window of his home on Saturday in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun, local paramedics said early Sunday.
In the meantime, Israeli security sources have predicted that right-wing extremists might be plotting an attack on the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem to foil the cabinet's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
Speaking on Israel's Channel Two, Public Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi confirmed that the security establishment had identified rising intent among right-wing extremists to carry out an attack on Al Aqsa.
"But there are troubling indications of purposeful thinking, and not detached philosophy... There is a danger that [radicals] would make use of the most explosive site, in the hope that a chain reaction would bring about the destruction of the peace process."
Israeli sources on Saturday night said possible actions included an attempt to crash a drone packed with explosives on al Aqsa, or a manned suicide attack with a light aircraft during mass Muslim worship on the Mosque, Haaretz reported. Other possibilities include an attempt by right-wing extremists to assassinate a prominent Muslim leader in Al Aqsa. (Albawaba.com)
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