One Palestinian was killed and three were wounded in the southern part of the Hamas-controlled enclave. The identities of the deceased and injured have not yet been announced, and it is not clear if they were members of a militant organization.

Several hours earlier, Israeli forces had delivered an air strike on the eastern part of Gaza, wounding four Hamas militants.

Peace talks between Israeli and Palestine came to a temporary halt in March following a devastating Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, which killed 120 Palestinians, mostly civilians.

The hard-line Islamic movement Hamas seized control of Gaza from Abbas' Fatah movement in June.