Two Palestinians killed in fighting with Israeli forces

The Israeli Army dropped leaflets on towns and villages in the Gaza Strip today, warning residents that anyone with an arsenal of weapons in their homes would be attacked.

A short time later, during the army’s second day of an operation in the Mughazi refugee camp in central Gaza, Israeli aircraft fired at least one missile toward a group of Palestinians standing in an open area, killing one and wounding five, medics said. The casualties included a man dressed in militant fatigues, but most were civilians living in nearby homes, the medics said.