Israeli Airstrike Kills 2 Boys In Gaza

December 2, 2008 11:24 p.m. EST

Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) - Two Palestinian boys were killed and four other people were wounded outside a home in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday when the Israeli Air Force attacked Palestinian militants who had fired mortars on Israeli soldiers.

Palestinian medical officials claimed the fatalities were a 15- and 18-year-old boy, both civilians, while the wounded were not identified.

The airstrike came as Gaza and Israel were observing a ceasefire agreed on June. Palestinian militants continue to fire Qassam rockets and mortars on Israeli troops while the latter retaliate by airstrikes and gunfire.