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Three dead in Israeli air strike Israeli army 'kills two children'
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Three Palestinian militants have been killed by an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials have said. Two Palestinian children have been killed and three others wounded by Israeli forces in northern Gaza, Palestinian health officials have said.
The Israeli military confirmed one of its aircraft had fired at armed men as they approached the Israel-Gaza border fence east of the town of Khan Younis. The dead boys, aged 13 and 14, were close to an area from which militants had been firing rockets at Israel, the officials said.
Islamic Jihad said the men were its members on a mission against Israel. The Israeli army said its ground forces had fired upon two people with a rocket launcher near Beit Hanoun.
Earlier, Israeli soldiers shot dead a militant near the al-Ein refugee camp in the West Bank town of Nablus. Earlier, three militants were killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza.
Reports say the gunman was linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a secular militant group. Israeli soldiers also shot dead a militant near the al-Ein refugee camp in the West Bank town of Nablus. Reports say the gunman was linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a secular militant group.
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The Palestinian militants killed near Khan Younis were 600m away from the border fence with Israel when an aircraft fired a missile at them. The Palestinian militants killed in the air strike were 600m away from the border fence with Israel, near Khan Younis.
Six Hamas members were killed by an Israeli missile strike on Monday Six Hamas members were killed by an Israeli missile strike on MondayAn Israeli military statement said the aircraft fired on two attackers, but the army later said the Palestinian version, in which three were killed, appeared to be true.
An Israeli military statement said the aircraft fired on two attackers, but the army later said the Palestinian version, in which three were killed, appeared to be true. The Israeli military said the men were going to fire on Israeli targets and that they belonged to a cell that had carried out such attacks in the past.
The Israeli military said the men were going to fire on Israeli targets near the fence and that they belonged to a cell that had carried out such attacks in the past.
Israeli troops later crossed the border into Gaza and found three sniper rifles near the men's bodies, the military added.Israeli troops later crossed the border into Gaza and found three sniper rifles near the men's bodies, the military added.
Islamic Jihad said the men were its members on a mission against Israel.
Villagers later collected the bodies in blankets and took them to an ambulance in a nearby olive grove.Villagers later collected the bodies in blankets and took them to an ambulance in a nearby olive grove.
The attack came as Palestinians buried six members of Hamas who were killed by an Israeli missile strike near the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday.The attack came as Palestinians buried six members of Hamas who were killed by an Israeli missile strike near the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday.
The Israeli military said the militants had earlier fired several rockets into its western Negev region.