"Two Palestinians were killed and another wounded Sunday morning in an Israeli air raid on targets east of Jabaliya," said Adham Abu Senmya, spokesman for the Gaza emergency services.

The army could not immediately confirm the report.

On Saturday, after a week of bloody clashes with Israel that killed eight Palestinians, led by the Hamas rulers of Gaza met and declared they wanted to restore calm in the coastal enclave.

Hamas official Ismail Radwan told reporters after a two-hour meeting with Islamic Jihad and other factions that "we are committed to calm as long as the occupation (Israel) commits to it."