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Israeli air strikes kill 2 Palestinians


 Updated at: 0738 PST,  Friday, August 26, 2011
Israeli air strikes kill 2 Palestinians GAZA: Israeli air strikes killed two Palestinians and wounded four others, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

The Gaza death toll rose to three when Palestinian medical workers recovered the body of a 65-year-old man whom they said had been hit by an Israeli tank shell.

Medics said one person died when his car exploded as a result of the strike and two other people were wounded.

Another Palestinian was killed and two others were wounded, Gaza hospital officials said.