GAZA CITY, Sept 1: A Hamas activist was killed and 17 people were injured in the latest Israeli air strike against the hardine group here on Monday as the European Union’s top diplomat sought to restrain Israel from killing militants.

Palestinian security sources and witnesses said that three rockets had slammed into a car as it was being driven near government offices in the centre of Gaza City at around 3:30pm.

Two members of Hamas’ armed wing managed to escape after the strike which wounded four children and one woman, witnesses and sources said.

It was the sixth such attack by Israeli pilots since the Aug 19 suicide bus bomb in Al Quds which left 22 people dead.—AFP