 Two Islamic Jihad militants died in an Israeli air raid at Khan Younes in the Gaza Strip overnight, hospital officials said Sunday. The two armed Palestinians were hit by a missile fired by a helicopter gunship or an unmanned aircraft, security officials said. Two other members of the Jihad's armed branch were wounded in the incident, one of them seriously. The two Palestinians, who were killed about 300 meters (yards) from the Israeli settlement of Neve Dkalim, were identified as Zyad Abu Mustafa and Sharif Ensalem, both about 20 years old. The Israeli army confirmed the incident. "One of our aircraft fired at armed men who were about to attack Neve Dkalim," said a spokesman without naming the type of aircraft used. |