Israeli operations kill 2, wound 4 in Gaza

Israel has staged new air attacks on the Gaza Strip, inflicting more casualties on the blockaded territory, medical workers have confirmed. 

An air raid in the Maghazi area in central Gaza has killed two Palestinian fighters and wounded two others, a health ministry official said on Tuesday. 

"The bodies of two fighters were brought to al-Aqsa hospital and their identities are unknown," said Mu'awia Hassanein. 

Residents of the Maghazi refugee camp said a helicopter fired two missiles at the fighters. 

The air attacks came after exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters near the Kissufim border crossing to the east of Maghazi. Two other Palestinians had been wounded in the conflict. 

Gaza residents said the Israeli forces rolled 200 meters into the Palestinian-controlled territory. 

Israel unleashed three weeks of all-out war on the Gazan population on December 27, leaving nearly 1,350 Palestinians dead and 5,450 others wounded -- many of them women and children. 

While Tel Aviv declared a unilateral ceasefire on the Palestinian ghetto in mid January in the face of global condemnation, it continues incursions into the territory on a regular basis.