GAZA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Two Islamic Hamas movement militants died on Thursday in the Gaza Strip during two separate military missions, the group's armed wing and medical sources said.
The medical sources said that Yousef Aabed was brought dead to the hospital east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Kahn Younis, without giving any more details on how Aabed was killed.
Hamas armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, said in a short text message that Aaded is a Hamas militant, and he died during a military mission east of the town of Khan Younis.
Earlier on Thursday, medical sources in Gaza city said that Khalil Demyati, 27, from Gaza was brought dead to a hospital in the city, without elaboration on how he died.
However, Hamas armed wing said in a short text message sent to reporters that the group mourns its member Demyati, who died during a military mission into one of the tunnels of resistance.
Hamas movement, which has been ruling the Gaza Strip since 2007, uses tunnels underneath Gaza as a strategic weapon either to store arms, to hide during wars waged on Gaza or to carry out attacks using the tunnels into Israel.
There is no accurate figure on how many militants had been killed either into tunnels that collapsed or during military missions. However, several human rights groups said that more than 30 were killed since 2014.
