Israeli air raids kill 2 Hamas militants

Two Hamas militants were killed yesterday in Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip, said the Islamist movement which controls the Palestinian territory.
The two militants were hit in a strike east of the town of Rafah, where at the same time an Israeli army land incursion was taking place, medics and witnesses said. A third militant was wounded.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the raid and said it was targeting a group of Palestinian militants armed with mortars who were approaching the Israeli forces.
Earlier yesterday Wednesday, another Israeli air strike in south Gaza left four Islamic Jihad fighters wounded, Palestinian emergency services said.