GAZA, July 18, 2011 (WAFA) – Several Palestinians were injured in an Israeli air strike early Monday on the village of Khuzaa, east of the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, according to medical sources and witnesses.

Israeli planes fired several missiles at the village injuring a number of Palestinians, said the sources. Two were transferred to hospital where one was described in critical condition.

Seven Palestinians of the same family, including four children, were injured Sunday during an Israeli shelling east of Beit Hanoun, a town north of Gaza City.

Three Palestinians were killed and 20 injured, among them six children, during the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.

T.R./M.A.