Jerusalem, July 23: Two Palestinians who infiltrated Israeli territory just outside the Gaza Strip were killed on Tuesday morning in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers, an Israeli army spokesman said. The two Palestinians were spotted after entering the kibbutz of Kisufim just east of the central Gaza Strip. The army said it found weapons and grenades near their bodies.

Israel also said several Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip came under mortar fire overnight following a missile strike by an Israeli warplane on Gaza City that killed 11 people, including children. Bureau Report