Israel missile strike kills three Palestinians in northern Gaza

Gaza: Three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli missile strike near the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun on Saturday, medical and Hamas officials said.

A senior medical official said the three civilians killed were all employees of a Jordanian bank operating in the Hamas-controlled territory.

An Israeli army spokesman confirmed the strike in the area and said it had targeted a group of militants who were preparing to launch mortar bombs into Israel.