GAZA CITY, Nov 18: Two Palestinians were killed on Saturday as Israel continued air and ground operations against militants in the Gaza Strip, a day after the UN General Assembly urged an end to the violence.

Israeli leaders also issued calls for tougher efforts to stop rocket attacks, with one far-right cabinet minister saying Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and militant leaders should be sent to ‘paradise’.

Soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip shot dead two Palestinians and wounded three others, medical sources said, after a third straight night of air strikes against militant targets.Said Hahjuj, 20, a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was killed in Umm Nasser, on the northernmost border, the DFLP said.

Thaer Al Masry, 16, was later shot dead in the same village, medical sources said. Three other Palestinians were wounded.

—AFP