"Police tried to stop two militants heading for the Egyptian border, one of the militants blew himself up," Eyad al-Bosom, a spokesman for the ministry, said.
Local sources familiar with the incident told Sputnik the attackers were members of the Islamic State terror group (Daesh).
The Gaza Strip is controlled by a Palestinian military movement, Hamas. The exclave has been under Israeli blockade for a decade.
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