File Photo: Palestinians wait for travel permits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing after it was opened by Egyptian authorities, in the southern Gaza Strip September 3, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)
Two Palestinians were killed Thursday dawn in an Israeli air strike that targeted a tunnel between the Gaza and Egyptian borders, a ministry of health official in the besieged Palestinian strip stated.
Five others were injured in the strike, according to the statement by the ministry, which is affiliated with Hamas Movement.
Eyewitnesses reported to AFP that an Israeli aircraft fired missiles at the tunnel's entrance on the Egyptian side, hours after four rockets were fired into southern Israel's resort city of Eilat from the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday night.
The Israeli military had no immediate confirmation on the strike.
The rocket attack was reportedly claimed by the Islamic State affiliated group "Sinai Province."
No injuries were reported as result of the attack.
Egypt's security forces have been battling a decade-long militant Islamist insurgency mainly in North Sinai that has intensified since the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
Militant attacks have left hundreds of police and army personnel dead.
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