An Israeli aircraft attacked a metal workshop in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding three others, Palestinian medical officials said , according to ap. The Islamic Jihad militant group identified the dead man as one of its local commanders. The strike came as Palestinian militant groups agreed in principle to a cease-fire with Israel and shortly after Hamas' prime minister in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, said «the ball is in the Israeli court.» A witness said three Israeli helicopters hovered over the target area and were fired at by Palestinians on the ground before the airstrike took place. The military said no aircraft were hit. A military spokeswoman confirmed the airstrike in Rafah, a town next to the Egyptian border and said the target was a weapons-manufacturing facility. Residents said the strike hit a metal workshop. Such small plants are often used by militants to make rockets. The army said five rockets were confirmed to have fallen in southern Israel on Wednesday. There were no reports of physical injuries, although medics said a 51-year-old woman was treated for shock after a rocket slammed into her backyard.
