ISRAELI AIRCRAFT FIRED MISSILES ON A CAR CARRYING PALESTINIAN MILITANTS IN SOUTHERN GAZA ON FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY A SECOND CAR WITH CIVILIANS INSIDE, KILLING SIX PEOPLE INCLUDING A SMALL GIRL, WITNESSES AND MEDICS SAID IN STATEMENTS CARRIED BY REUTERS. AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED, MEDICS SAID. THE ISRAELI ARMY SAID A CAR CARRYING SEVERAL 'TERRORISTS' WAS STRUCK AS IT LEFT A TRAINING BASE NEAR THE TOWN OF RAFAH ON THE BORDER WITH EGYPT. 'THE VEHICLE WAS COMING OUT OF A TRAINING CAMP IN WHICH BOTH TRAINING AND WEAPONS TRAINING WERE BEING CONDUCTED,' AN ARMY SPOKESMAN SAID. AMONG THE DEAD FROM THE CAR CARRYING MILITANTS FROM THE POPULAR RESISTANCE COMMITTEES WAS A SENIOR COMMANDER AND BOMB MAKER, MILITANTS AND WITNESSES SAID. THEY SAID THE GIRL WAS THE COMMANDER'S DAUGHTER AND WAS DISMEMBERED. IT WAS UNCLEAR HOW MANY OF THE DEAD WERE MILITANTS. 'THE DOCTORS ARE STILL UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL THE DEAD,' A PALESTINIAN HEALTH MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAID. WITNESSES SAID ISRAELI AIRCRAFT FIRED THREE MISSILES. BESIDES THE MILITANTS' VEHICLE, ANOTHER CAR CARRYING CIVILIANS OUTSIDE THE CAMP MAY HAVE BEEN STRUCK, THEY SAID. --MORE 23 19 LOCAL TIME 20 19 GMT
