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| Palestinian militants have carried out a truck-bomb attack on the main border crossing between Gaza and Israel. | |
| A suicide bomber was killed in the blast, in the early morning near the entrance to the Erez crossing, but there were no other casualties. | |
| Witnesses said they saw the truck driving at speed towards the crossing, along with a jeep carrying gunmen. | Witnesses said they saw the truck driving at speed towards the crossing, along with a jeep carrying gunmen. |
| Two Palestinian groups, Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, say they jointly carried out the attack. | |
| A statement from Islamic Jihad said the truck driver and suicide bomber was a 23-year old man, Ibrahim Nasser, from Jabalya in northern Gaza. | A statement from Islamic Jihad said the truck driver and suicide bomber was a 23-year old man, Ibrahim Nasser, from Jabalya in northern Gaza. |
| The statement said the truck, packed with explosives, blew up prematurely, a few hundred metres from the crossing. | The statement said the truck, packed with explosives, blew up prematurely, a few hundred metres from the crossing. |
| Israeli television said soldiers had fired on the truck, preventing it from getting too close to the checkpoint. | Israeli television said soldiers had fired on the truck, preventing it from getting too close to the checkpoint. |
| Gunmen driving in a jeep behind the truck opened fire on the checkpoint, according to witnesses, but they fled when their vehicle overturned. Israeli military radio said the jeep had been fired on by an Israeli helicopter. | Gunmen driving in a jeep behind the truck opened fire on the checkpoint, according to witnesses, but they fled when their vehicle overturned. Israeli military radio said the jeep had been fired on by an Israeli helicopter. |
| Islamic Jihad had previously threatened to carry out such attacks if Israel did not end its blockade of Gaza. | Islamic Jihad had previously threatened to carry out such attacks if Israel did not end its blockade of Gaza. |
| Israel says it will not end the blocade until Gaza militants stop firing rockets across the border into Israel. |