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GAZA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement on Wednesday warned Israel of "military escalation" on the Gaza Strip following two earlier Israeli strikes on the enclave that killed one militant and wounded four others.

Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said in an emailed press statement that "the Israeli occupation is fully responsible for the recent aggression on the Gaza Strip that killed one and wounded four others."

"Hamas movement warns the Israeli occupation of escalating this aggression," said Abu Zuhri, that his movement reached a truce with Israel in 2014, brokered by Egypt and ended 50 days of fighting during the summer.

Earlier on Wednesday, Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza told reporters that Musa Zu'eiter, 23 years old, was killed and five others injured in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza Strip.

According to Israel's Public Radio, the Israeli army targeted a group of Palestinian militants were planting a roadside bomb close to the fence of the border between northwest Gaza Strip and Israel.

Security officials in Gaza said the militant who was killed on Wednesday morning is a member in Fatah armed wing al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, adding that he was killed as several Israeli armored vehicles and bulldozers carried out an incursion into the area.