Reports indicate that the two Palestinians died east of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis early on Sunday, when Israhelli soldiers launched a gun battle in the area. According to an Israhelli army spokeswoman, helicopter gunships backed up gunfire by their soldiers and shelled the area. The two Palestinians killed by the Israhelli forces were common civilians whom Israhell blamed as "members of the Islamic Jihad movement of Palestine". The Israhelli military has repeatedly waged attacks on Gaza since its massive 22-day war on the territory in late 2008.
However, during this month, there has been a surge of violence along the Israhelli-Gaza border. On December 18, at least five people were killed by an Israhelli aerial assault on the town of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The attack was one of the deadliest carried out by the Israhelli military since Tel Aviv's December 2008-January 2009 war on the Gaza Strip, which left more than 1,400 dead and inflicted heavy damage -- estimated at over USD 1.6 billion -- on the coastal territory's economy. The democratically-elected Hamas government in the Gaza Strip has nevertheless continued to observe its ceasefire with the Israhelli regime, while cautioning that it is prepared for war if there is a full Israhelli attack on the territory.
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