An Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip yesterday killed a member of a militant group Israel blames for a deadly attack on its citizens, the group said.

The Popular Resistance Committees said Saber Abed, 25, was killed in the strike, the third yesterday.

Another person was killed and three wounded in earlier attacks, on the eastern edge of Gaza City.

The earlier fatality was named as 22-year-old Mohammed Enaya, who died in a raid on the Zeitun neighbourhood near the border with Israel in which another person was hurt.

Later, a second strike in nearby Tofah seriously wounded two, medics said.

The strikes raised to nine the total number of Gazans killed in the past 24 hours since Israel began raids in retaliation for shooting attacks in the Negev Desert that left eight Israelis dead.

Israeli officials blame the Popular Resistance Committees, although the faction has denied any involvement.

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