Gaza City - Palestinian medical staff said Monday that the Israeli military killed a Palestinian youth in the northern Gaza Strip.

They said they picked up the body of Khaled al-Kafarana, 22, from an area near the border between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun.

Al-Kafarana was killed by a missile fired by an Israeli helicopter overnight, as he apparently tried to infiltrate into Israeli territory.

Israeli aircraft also struck a police station of the Hamas administration in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis.

The two overnight airstrikes came after the firing of some rockets by Palestinian militants from Gaza Sunday. A military spokesman in Tel Aviv confirmed both strikes.

The tension comes as regional efforts to broker a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel have accelerated. However, observers said no truce agreement was expected before the Israeli elections due on Tuesday. (dpa)