Gaza City - An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip Saturday morning, witnesses said.

They said a reconnaissance drone fired a rocket at a group of five gunmen who gathered near the border town of Beit Hanoun.

Medical sources said that a man's body was brought to Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabaliya and another badly wounded man died soon after arrival. A third one was moderately hurt.

Security sources said the fighters belonged to the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), an armed group loyal to the Islamic Hamas movement. One of the dead was identified as Abdullah al-Mani'a. (dpa)