Palestinians stand near a destroyed vehicle after Israeli air strikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip June 17, 2008. Five Palestinians were injured in two separate Israeli airstrikes on Gaza militants launching homemade rockets on Wednesday afternoon, witnesses and medics said.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Five Palestinians were injured in two separate Israeli airstrikes on Gaza militants launching homemade rockets on Wednesday afternoon, witnesses and medics said.

Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency services in the Palestinian health ministry, told reporters that five Palestinians were injured, two in serious conditions, in the two Israeli airstrikes on northern Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) said in a statement that five of its militants were injured in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday when they were launching rockets at southern Israel.