Israeli airstrike kills 2 in Gaza

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Mon, 06/18/2012 - 10:14am

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A Palestinian inspects the debris of a destroyed motorcycle after an Israeli airstrike in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 18 2012. Militants crossed from Egypt's turbulent Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Monday and opened fire on civilians building a border security fence, defense officials said. One of the Israeli workers was killed, and two assailants died in a gunbattle with Israeli troops responding to the attack. Several hours after the attack, an Israeli airstrike killed two men riding a motorcycle in the northern Gaza Strip near the Israeli border. The Islamic Jihad militant group said the men were members on a "reconnaissance" mission and vowed revenge. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Palestinians carry the bodies of Islamic Jihad militants Mohammed Shabat and Ismail Abu Odeh during their funeral after they were killed in an Israeli air strike near Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 18, 2012. Militants crossed from Egypt's turbulent Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Monday and opened fire on civilians building a border security fence, defense officials said. One of the Israeli workers was killed, and two assailants died in a gunbattle with Israeli troops responding to the attack. Several hours after the attack, an Israeli airstrike killed two men riding a motorcycle in the northern Gaza Strip near the Israeli border. The Islamic Jihad militant group said the men were members on a "reconnaissance" mission and vowed revenge. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of Islamic Jihad militants Mohammed Shabat and Ismail Abu Odeh in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 18, 2012. Militants crossed from Egypt's turbulent Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Monday and opened fire on civilians building a border security fence, defense officials said. One of the Israeli workers was killed, and two assailants died in a gunbattle with Israeli troops responding to the attack. Several hours after the attack, an Israeli airstrike killed two men riding a motorcycle in the northern Gaza Strip near the Israeli border. The Islamic Jihad militant group said the men were members on a "reconnaissance" mission and vowed revenge. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
A Palestinian inspects the debris of a destroyed motorcycle after an Israeli airstrike in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 18 2012. Militants crossed from Egypt's turbulent Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Monday and opened fire on civilians building a border security fence, defense officials said. One of the Israeli workers was killed, and two assailants died in a gunbattle with Israeli troops responding to the attack. Several hours after the attack, an Israeli airstrike killed two men riding a motorcycle in the northern Gaza Strip near the Israeli border. The Islamic Jihad militant group said the men were members on a "reconnaissance" mission and vowed revenge. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Palestinians carry the bodies of Islamic Jihad militants Mohammed Shabat and Ismail Abu Odeh during their funeral after they were killed in an Israeli air strike near Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 18, 2012. Militants crossed from Egypt's turbulent Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Monday and opened fire on civilians building a border security fence, defense officials said. One of the Israeli workers was killed, and two assailants died in a gunbattle with Israeli troops responding to the attack. Several hours after the attack, an Israeli airstrike killed two men riding a motorcycle in the northern Gaza Strip near the Israeli border. The Islamic Jihad militant group said the men were members on a "reconnaissance" mission and vowed revenge. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of Islamic Jihad militants Mohammed Shabat and Ismail Abu Odeh in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 18, 2012. Militants crossed from Egypt's turbulent Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Monday and opened fire on civilians building a border security fence, defense officials said. One of the Israeli workers was killed, and two assailants died in a gunbattle with Israeli troops responding to the attack. Several hours after the attack, an Israeli airstrike killed two men riding a motorcycle in the northern Gaza Strip near the Israeli border. The Islamic Jihad militant group said the men were members on a "reconnaissance" mission and vowed revenge. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The Israeli military says it has carried out an airstrike against suspected Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip.

Palestinian medical officials in Gaza say two men were killed in the airstrike as they were riding a motorcycle. They say the attack took place near the town of Beit Hanoun along the Israeli border.

The officials said the two men have not yet been identified. But the Israeli military says they were wanted militants.

The attack took place shortly after militants infiltrated Israel from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula nearby. It was not known whether the airstrike was a retaliation.

 

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