GAZA, December 7, 2011 (WAFA) – A Palestinian man was killed and five others injured in an Israeli air raid and artillery fire east of Shajaiyya neighborhood in Gaza City, said medical sources.

An Israeli warplane targeted a group of Palestinians with a missile, east of Shajaiyya neighborhood, killing Ismail Salama Arir, 22, and injuring four others, two of them critically.

Israeli artillery fire and penetration in the same area, previous to the air raid, had injured a fifth Palestinian.

WAFA correspondent also said Israeli forces razed barracks and poultry farms during their raid of the area, accompanied by heavy artillery gunfire at residential areas east of Shajaiyya and Zaytoun neighborhoods.

F.J.