Palestinian medical sources reported on Sunday evening, that a
Palestinian child was killed and his brother was his brothers is
clinically dead after the Israeli army shelled an area near the Gaza
International Airport, east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the
Gaza Strip.

The child was identified as Jihad Abu Sneima, 14, and his brother Nayef, 20, was seriously injured and was pronounced dead one hour after his injury.

In a separate incident, Israeli troops, armored vehicles and military bulldozers were seen lining-up, near Kissufim area, east of Al Qarara town, east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, apparently preparing for a ground offensive there.