The Israeli army announced last night that it had carried out an airstrike in the central part of the Gaza Strip against a "terrorist" from "Islamic Jihad", who was planning to carry out an attack soon, reported Agence France-Presse, quoted by BTA.
The Palestinian group denied today, quoted by Reuters, that it was preparing an attack.
The strike was carried out despite the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and "Hamas", AFP notes.
The Israeli army said it had carried out a "precision strike" in the Nuseirat area against a fighter from "Islamic Jihad" - a radical Palestinian group that is an ally of the Islamist movement that ruled the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades before suffering heavy blows during the two-year war. The statement said that the man in question was preparing to carry out a "terrorist attack" in the immediate future.
"Islamic Jihad" however, denied today that it had planned such an attack, Reuters reported.
What the Israeli army said last night was "a simply false claim", the group said. Its statement did not specify whether any "Islamic Jihad" fighters were killed in the strike.
"Al-Awda" hospital said last night that a civilian car had been hit and four civilians had been wounded, according to Agence France-Presse.
According to witnesses quoted by Reuters, a drone hit a car that caught fire.
The Israeli army said it would continue its operations in Gaza "to eliminate any immediate threat" for its soldiers, AFP notes.