JERUSALEM, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday that it killed five Palestinian militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups in the southern Gaza Strip over the past two days.
In an airstrike in the Khan Younis area, the southern Gaza Strip, three militants from the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, including a deputy squad commander, were killed while meeting for attacks against Israeli troops, the IDF said in a statement.
In another airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military killed two elite Nukhba force militants from the Rafah Brigade of Hamas' military wing, it said.
Gaza-based health authorities said Monday that Israeli attacks had left five people dead in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. ■
