Two Palestinian militants were killed and two others injured as an Israeli airstrike hit their car on Monday in the northern Gaza Strip, medical sources said.

Witnesses said that the car carrying four members of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of Fatah movement, was hit by three missiles fired from an Israeli pilotless aircraft north of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

Medical sources at Kamal Odwan Hospital said that they received the bodies of Hassan Asfour, 25, and Rami Hanouna, 27, both of them were residents of Jabalia refugee camp.

It was the third Israeli airstrike in Gaza over the past three days, since Israeli defense minister Shaoul Mofaz ordered escalation of the targeted killing to stem rocket attacks on Israel.

Two Islamic Jihad militants were killed on Sunday evening, and three from Aqsa Martyrs Brigades were killed on Saturday night.

Source: Xinhua