An Israeli citizen was murdered Tuesday while driving in his car through the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli Arab who was with him was slightly wounded. Their names were not immediately made public.
Military sources said the victim, a vegetable merchant, was driving in an area which was clearly defined as off-limits to all Israelis, because of the terrorist activities in the vicinity.
The sources said the merchant was driving along with his worker, an Israeli Arab from Jaffa. His car was sprayed with bullets from a passing car, which was reportedly occupied by seven terrorists.
The Arab worker, who was lightly wounded, rushed to a nearby military outpost to summon help.
The killing follows that last weekend of two Israeli soldiers from the Ganei Tal settlement in the Gaza Strip.
They were killed by Palestinian terrorists who staged an ambush of the soldiers inside the settlement.
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