GAZA, (PIC)-- IOF gunboats Friday night shelled and destroyed a Palestinian fishing boat off the Tel Al-Sultan beach, west of Rafah in southern Gaza, local sources reported.

They said that the boat was completely destroyed but no casualties were suffered.

IOF Apaches also last night fired two missiles at an open area in Khan Younis, south of the Strip, with no casualties reported.

Meanwhile, Hebrew press sources said that Israel would temporarily allow the increase in fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip.

The sources underlined that the increased fuel supplies would restore the previous amount of 2.2 million liters of fuel per week, while the Gaza power station needs around 3.5 million liters per week to operate in full capacity.

The Israeli cutback on the already reduced amounts of fuel had caused severe damage to the health sector in the Strip after the power station worked with only 30% of its capacity and hospital services were almost paralyzed.