The American CNN network quoted a statement by the Israeli army admitting to the killing of two Palestinians and burying their bodies with a bulldozer, after Al Jazeera published a video clip showing the details of the killing.

The Israeli army justified in its statement that the killing of the two Palestinians occurred after they approached what it called the area of operations in central Gaza in a suspicious manner and did not respond to warning shots.

The statement indicated that they were killed and their bodies were swept away for fear that they were carrying explosives.