Gaza / PNN – Israeli forces razed large areas of land in the central Gaza Strip between Deir Al Belah and Al Maghazi Tuesday evening. In the morning the military had killed a farmer.

The armed resistance fired at a military patrol past the agreed upon line and killed a soldier Tuesday afternoon while an Israeli warplane fired into Al Qarara and a tank shelled a house near Kissufim early that evening.

Under decades of occupation Gaza Strip Palestinian farmers are frequent targets. Within the past several days of “ceasefire” the army has opened fire on farmers in their fields, particularly those nearest the boundary lines.

At a length of approximately 23 miles long and from three to seven wide, much of Gaza's farm land is “near the border.”

This morning Israeli forces bombed houses in Al Qarara, a small town just to the northeast of Khan Younis where the Abu Holi Checkpoint was imposed before the withdrawal of settlers in 2005.

During the Tuesday attacks Israeli forces killed 24 year old farmer Anwar Ibrahim Zayed.

The fire is still coming predominantly from the Kissufim military installation this afternoon after beginning during the early morning hours.

Local sources reported that an Israeli soldier was killed and three injured in an explosion within the Strip near the boundary line, but it was not immediately confirmed by the Israeli military. Information was not forthcoming regarding what caused said explosion.

Later in the day Hamas officials have been reported as leaving their offices in anticipation of assassination attempts which were threatened earlier this week. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the incident would "not go unnoticed," while Israeli Foreign Minister Livni called for "an immediate response." The Israelis offered no explanation as to why they killed farmer Zayed earlier this morning.

Former US President Jimmy Carter has noted, "It was Israel, not Hamas, that violated the truce."

Early this evening an Israeli reconnaissance aircraft struck a Palestinian driving a motorcycle in Khan Younis. Medical sources at Nasser Hospital report that a nearby child was also injured.

In a separate attack an Israeli tank shell targeted the Abdul Samad house near Kissufim and injured two children.

Updated at 6:30 pm