World Bulletin/News Desk

Two members of Saraya Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of Islamic Jihad movement, were killed Saturday in an explosion in southern Gaza Strip, medical and security sources said.

Ahmed Sahjan, 32, and Abdel-Salam Dahlan, 31, were killed in the blast, Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra said.

"Medics had moved the remains of the two members to hospital," he told Anadolu Agency.

A third group member was injured in the blast.

The reason of the blast remains unclear.

Islamic Jihad sources, however, said the explosion took place inside a training site in the southern city of Khan Younis.

The sources denied local media reports that the blast was caused by an Israeli raid.