GAZA CITY, Oct 10 (AFP) - Israeli forces launched a new series of air strikes on a refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing one Palestinian man and wounded several more, including militants.
In the latest violence, four Palestinians were wounded when Israeli forces fired a rocket from the air on the Jabaliya camp, the focus of a massive Israeli onslaugh that has left more than 100 Palestinians dead in 12 days.
Among the injured were three members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an armed offshoot of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement.
"Our units in the area spotted terrorists trying to plant an explosve charge. The air force took action and fired in their direction," an Israeli military source said.
Earlier, hospital sources said one Palestinian was killed and three others were wounded in another strike on a house in Jabaliya while another man wounded an air raid on the camp earlier this month died of his injuries.
Sunday's deaths brought to 107 the number of Palestinians killed since the start of the "Days of Penitence" operation on September 28, drawing fierce condemnation across the Arab world.
Arab League secretary general Amr Mussa charged that the United States was abetting Israel's deadly operation, which the army says its aimed at halting rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.
"The Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people is continuing because some superpowers are encouraging Israel," Mussa told reporters.
Mussa did not name the United States but his comments came amid exasperation at the 22-member body over a US veto last week that blocked a draft UN resolution demanding Israel halt its Gaza offensive.
He warned that the "international immunity" he said Israel enjoys would not last forever.
Since the start of the intifada or Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation in September 2000, a total of 4,471 people have been killed, including 3,443 Palestinians and 954 Israelis.
Meanwhile, US Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry warned that if he wins the November 2 election there will be no reprieve for Arafat, declared persona non grata by both Israel and the administration of President George W. Bush.
"We have been at this for a long time. Mr Arafat has proven his unwillingness and incapacity to be be able to act as a legitimate partner in the peace process," Kerry said at a campaign rally on Saturday.
Kerry also said his job if elected would be to "hold those Arab countries accountable that still support terrorists, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Aqsa Brigades, and others."
He praised Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for his "courageous" plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip next year.
Speaking two days after bombings at two Egyptian Red Sea resorts that killed at least 32 people, Kerry warned that the Jewish state under attack.
"People are trying to continue to create havoc... Israel remains under assault, kids blown up on buses, people sitting at restaurants, trying to live their lives," Kerry said.
Bush has riled US allies in Europe and the Middle East by refusing to deal with Arafat, saying he had links to terrorism and could not be trusted to make peace.
"I wouldn't deal with Arafat because I felt like he had let the former president down and I don't think he's the kind of person that can lead toward a Palestinian state," Bush said during the second presidential debate Friday.
"I believe Palestinians ought to have a state, but I know they need leadership that's committed to a democracy and freedom, leadership that would be willing to reject terrorism."