Palestinians gather around a militant target that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip December 9, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Two Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip: Officials

The Israeli strike took place amid protests across the Palestinian territories against Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

An Israeli air strike on a Gaza base of Hamas’s military wing killed two Palestinian militants on Saturday, the territory’s Islamist rulers said.

The strike on a base in Nusseirat in the central Gaza Strip, one of several in the early hours, came amid protests across the Palestinian territories against US President Donald Trump’s controversial recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza named the men as Mahmud al-Atal, 28 and Mohammed al-Safdi, 30.

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