Two al-Quds brigades fighters killed in second Israeli airstrike

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(Palestinain Killed In An Israeli Offensive - Image By Palinfo.com)

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Two people were killed as Israel launched a second airstrike on the Gaza Strip, bringing Friday's death toll to four people, medics said.

Obeid al-Ghirbali and Muhammad Harara were named as those killed, medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiyeh said.

Both men were members of the Al-Quds Brigade, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad. Their bodies were taken to Dar al-Shifa hospital.

Israel's army said in a statement that it had "thwarted two terrorist squads from firing rockets at Israel from the northern and the central Gaza Strip." more

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