Israeli air strikes killed at least two Hamas gunmen
in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Hamas and medical workers said.
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An Israeli
army spokeswoman said the IDF had carried out an air strike targeting gunmen in the Hamas-controlled territory.
Palestinian medical workers said seven other gunmen were wounded in two air strikes outside the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis near the border fence with Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on
Thursday vowed Israel would strike Hamas after Gaza militants killed
two Israeli civilians at a border terminal with Israel.
Hamas Islamists seized Gaza after routing forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah in June.