Five Palestinians were killed before dawn on Saturday in two separate Israeli air strikes on Hamas military posts in the two southern Gaza towns, medics and Hamas sources said. Israeli aircraft struck a post belonging to Hamas naval police west of Khan Younis, and then struck another post belonging to Hamas' armed wing in the town of Rafah, Hamas sources were quoted as saying by DPA. Mo'aweya Hassanein, Chief of Emergency and Ambulance Services in the Palestinian health ministry told reporters that three were killed in Khan Younis and two were killed in Rafah by Israeli air-to-ground missiles.