An Israel Air Force strike on gunmen launching a Qassam rocket from the Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian on Sunday, medics and Palestinian security sources said.

According to Palestinian security officials, a 16-year-old civilian, Abdallah Abu Namous, was driving his donkey carriage when he was killed. They said Abu Namous had accidentally entered an area used earlier by militants to fire rockets at Israel.

His brother, who was with him, escaped unharmed, but another person in the area was wounded.

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The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.

An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed there had been an air strike on Palestinians as they fired a rocket from northern Gaza at Israel. The spokeswoman had no further details.

Also Sunday, an 18-year-old Palestinian died of his wounds after being wounded in an IAF strike last week in Gaza's Jebalya refugee camp.

He died at a hospital in Tel Aviv, where he had been taken for treatment, Palestinian medical officials said.

Saturday night the Israel Defense Forces arrested two Hamas activists in the West Bank city of Hebron. The arrest was conducted without any injuries to the soldiers.