Alwaght- Israeli regime forces have killed two Palestinian teenage boys in an attack on the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza identified the victims as Salam Sabah and Abdullah Abu Sheikha, both 17.
Palestinian eye witnesses said the two were killed east of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza on Saturday after Israel launched a series of airstrikes and mortar attacks on alleged targets belonging to the Hamas.
The assaults came after an explosive device wounded four Israeli soldiers on patrol near the border between the occupied territories and the Palestinian coastal enclave.
The Israeli army also claimed that a rocket fired from Gaza had hit the roof of a house in an Israeli town.
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said it "holds Israel responsible for any escalation in the Gaza Strip."
Meanwhile, the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military wing, said in a statement that its anti-aircraft defenses had been used against Israeli strikes.
The Brigades also affirmed its right to respond to Israel’s ongoing aggression against the Palestinian citizens in Gaza.