A body of the two slain Palestinians is seen at Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital in southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, December 2, 2008. Israeli forces killed two Palestinian civilian brothers and wounded two others during an army operation in southeast Gaza Strip Tuesday afternoon, witnesses and medical sources said. [Xinhua]

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians during an army operation in southeast Gaza Strip Tuesday afternoon, Palestinian medical sources said.

Meanwhile, witnesses said an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a group of people in the east of Rafah city in southern Gaza Strip shortly after tanks rolled in the area.

The identities of the slain still undisclosed.