A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on Sunday, as US Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry warned that if he wins the November 2 election there will be no reprieve for sidelined Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Hospital sources said one Palestinian was killed and three others were wounded in the Israeli strike on a house in the northern Gaza refugee camp of Jabaliya, the focus of a punishing military offensive launched 12 days ago.
They said the house was destroyed but could not identify the victims. A Palestinian wounded in an Israeli air raid on October 1 in Jabaliya also died of his injuries on Sunday, hospital sources said.
Sunday's deaths brought to 107 the number of Palestinians killed during Israel's "Days of Penitence" operation launched on September 28 that is aimed at halting militant rocket attacks on Israel.
Six Palestinians were also injured, three of them critically, when Israeli attack helicopters carried out two air raids in Jabaliya late Saturday, according to Palestinian medical sources.
The Gaza offensive has triggered international concern but an Arab-backed UN Security Council resolution calling on Israel to withdraw its forces was vetoed by its top ally, the United States.