GAZA, Jan. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- A Palestinian mother and her son were killed on Sunday night after Israeli soldiers fired a tank shell that hit one of the houses in the Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip, medics said.

    They said that Fadda Arram, 50, and her son Abdalla Arram 27,were killed and a third family member was critically wounded by the Israeli tanks shells' shrapnel.

    Palestinian witnesses said that an Israeli army tank stationed near the Jewish settlement of Naveh Dekalim fired two tanks shells,and one of the shells had directly hit Arram's house.They added that the soldiers then opened intensive gunfire atthe area to prevent ambulances and rescue teams to get the killed and the wounded outside.

    Palestinian security sources said that the Israeli move cameafter several Palestinian militants fired homemade rockets at the settlement.

    No injuries or damage were reported in the attack on the settlement. Enditem