Israeli war jets on Monday evening carried out two separate air raids on Palestinian militants in northern and eastern Gaza Strip, no injuries were reported, witnesses and security sources said.

The witnesses said that an Israeli reconnaissance drone fired one missile at a group of Gaza militants east of Gaza City, the militants survived and no injuries or damaged were reported.

Hamas security sources said that Israeli warplanes, mainly F-16 and drones have been hovering over several areas in the Gaza Strip for several hours.

Meanwhile, earlier on Monday, two militants, who belong to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) armed wing, survived a possible killing after an Israeli reconnaissance drone targeted them with one missile near northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalia.

The security sources also said that on Monday afternoon several Israeli army vehicles rolled several hundred meters north of the town of Biet Lahia in northern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army bulldozers, backed by the armored vehicles, leveled the ground in the area and pulled down several trees that belong to Gaza Strip farmers, added the sources.

(Xinhua News Agency January 5, 2010)