An Israeli air strike kills three Palestinian militants in Gaza Tuesday.<br/> <br />The Israeli military says its aircraft targeted Islamic Jihad members who had fired a mortar bomb at its forces, and "direct hits were confirmed".<br/> <br />Hundreds of Palestinians marched in the funeral procession.<br/> <br />Hours after the Israeli air strike, a blast in an apartment killed three other Gaza militants.<br/> <br />The cause of the explosion is not clear. But Hamas says it could have been "an internal" incident, suggesting explosives that were in the house had detonated.<br/> <br />The Israeli military said its forces were not involved in the blast.<br/> <br />Israel pulled its troops and settlers out of Gaza in 2005, but still maintains tight control of many of the territory's border crossings.
