Gaza Strip: Israel soldiers killed 2 militants of al-Quds brigades, armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Israeli soldiers shot dead two members of Islamic Jihad on the Gaza Strip Sunday morning, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
The two militants died to the east of Khan Yunis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, during an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers, said witnesses and the al-Quds brigade, a militant Islamist group.
The Islamic Jihad militant group said two of its gunmen were killed by Israeli fire after they detonated an explosive device against a passing Israeli patrol.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the clash.