An Israeli aircraft has fired a missile near the home of a Palestinian militant leader in the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses said. An Israeli Army spokeswoman confirmed an air strike in the town of Beit Lahiya. She said the target was used to make and store munitions. Local residents said the missile struck a trailer outside the home of Mahmoud Al Madhoun, a senior commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Several people were lightly hurt from smoke inhalation and flying debris, the witnesses said. The leader of another militant group escaped an air strike in southern Gaza earlier on Thursday.