Cross-border gunfire by Israeli soldiers has killed two Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical workers say.

The medical workers said they had been asked by Israeli authorities to retrieve two bodies from a border zone, Reuters reported on Sunday.

The victims had both been shot, the medics added.

The Israeli army on Sunday also demolished 20 houses in the northern West Bank after forcing some 40 families to evacuate their homes, Palestinian witnesses said.

The houses were in the farming village of Tana near Nablus in the so-called Area C, a closed military zone where Israel exercises full control, AFP reported.

(Press TV)