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Five Palestinian militants have been killed in an Israeli air strike, medics in the Gaza Strip say. Five members of the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, medics say.
The strike hit a vehicle travelling near the southern town of Khan Younis. The raid targeted a vehicle travelling near the southern town of Khan Younis. Minutes later, a missile was fired at a car nearby, wounding several others.
Another militant from the Islamic Jihad group was killed overnight in a similar air strike in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, reports say. A militant from Islamic Jihad was killed overnight in an air strike in the Bureij refugee camp, reports say.
On Tuesday, two UN officials told the Security Council that no progress has been made towards an Israeli- Palestinian peace deal. On Tuesday, UN officials said there had been no progress towards a peace deal.
The latest peace effort was launched by a US-sponsored conference late last year. The UN's humanitarian chief, John Holmes, and Middle East envoy, Robert Serry, told the UN Security Council of the worsening social conditions in Gaza and poor security in southern Israel.
The stated aim of the talks is to establish a Palestinian state by the end of 2008. The US-sponsored conference at Annapolis, Maryland, late last year set out the aim to establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel by the end of 2008.
The envoys, UN humanitarian chief John Holmes and the UN Middle East envoy Robert Serry, highlighted the worsening social conditions in Gaza and poor security in southern Israel. Twin strikes
The Israeli air strike in Khan Younis on Wednesday morning killed five members of Hamas' military wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the group said.
Witnesses said an Israeli helicopter fired at least two missiles at a car as it passed the al-Qubba mosque near al-Aqsa University in the west of the town.
Some 10 minutes later, the helicopter fired missile at another car in the area, wounding several other people, they added.
Israeli security sources told the Israeli newspaper, Yediot Aharonot, they had attacked two vehicles after receiving intelligence they were carrying members of the Qassam Brigades.
Earlier, Islamic Jihad said one of its members was killed and two others injured in an Israeli air strike in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The men were lookouts for the group's military wing, the al-Quds Brigade, according to Palestinian reports. The Israeli military has so far not commented.