Israeli air strike kills two in Gaza

An Israeli air strike in Gaza killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and her toddler, drawing a warning Sunday from Islamist movement Hamas, as unrest spun further towards a full-scale uprising, Agence France-Presse reported.

After days of confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank and Israel, Gaza has been drawn into the violence since Friday, with tensions along the border leaving nine Palestinians dead from Israeli fire.

Israel's military said it targeted "two Hamas weapon manufacturing facilities" overnight after Gaza fighters fired two rockets and following Palestinian attempts to infiltrate southern Israel.

One rocket hit an open field in southern Israel and the other was intercepted.

Israel's retaliatory air strikes demolished a house in the northern Gaza area of Zeitun, killing Nur Hassan, 30, and her two-year-old daughter Rahaf, Gaza medics said.

The Hamas chief in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, has branded the spiralling violence an "Intifada" and called for further unrest.

On the border in central and northern Gaza, Israeli soldiers fired warning shots in the air to try to disperse hundreds of Palestinians, a military spokeswoman said.

In response to the air strike, a Hamas spokesman said "this shows the occupation's desire to escalate".

"We warn the occupation against continuing this foolishness," said Sami Abu Zuhri.

Hamas, which rules Gaza, the enclave hit by three devastating wars with Israel since 2008, remains deeply at odds with president Mahmoud Abbas' West Bank-based Palestinian Authority. 

It was unclear whether Hamas or another group fired the rockets on Saturday night.

Salafists claiming links to the Daesh terror group have said they were behind recent rocket fire from Gaza, but Israel holds Hamas responsible for all such acts as the main power in the territory.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces pulled over a car driven by a Palestinian woman who they said shouted "God is great" and detonated an explosive when a soldier approached on a West Bank road leading to Jerusalem. The woman suffered burns to 40 per cent of her body, Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital said, and the officer also was hurt, Reuters reported.

Palestinian medical officials said 37 Palestinian protesters were wounded by gunfire from Israeli troops during confrontations on Sunday in the West Bank.

A return to bombings, a hallmark of a second Palestinian uprising from 2000-2005, would mark a significant turning point in the current violence, according to Reuters.