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Bomb attack at Gaza-Israel border Gazan shot dead at blockade demo
(about 7 hours later)
Palestinian militants have carried out a truck-bomb attack on the main border crossing between Gaza and Israel. Israeli soldiers have fired at a demonstration near a Gaza border crossing, killing one man and injuring others, local medical workers say.
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. The demonstration, near the Karni commercial crossing into Israel, was called by Hamas in protest at the continuing blockade of the territory.
Witnesses said they saw the truck driving at speed towards the crossing, along with a jeep carrying gunmen. An Israeli army spokesman said troops spotted armed men in the crowd, but had no immediate reports of any gunfire.
Two Palestinian groups, Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, say they jointly carried out the attack. Earlier, Palestinians carried out a lorry-bomb attack at the Erez crossing.
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. 'Live bullets'
The statement said the truck, packed with explosives, blew up prematurely, a few hundred metres from the crossing. Several thousand Palestinians are reported to have taken part in the demonstration on the Gazan side of the Karni crossing.
Israeli television said soldiers had fired on the truck, preventing it from getting too close to the checkpoint. Reports say while most stayed a distance from the border, several hundred approached the crossing point, some throwing stones towards Israeli soldiers.
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. Witnesses say Israeli tanks crossed into Gaza, and soldiers fired live bullets at the protesters.
Islamic Jihad had previously threatened to carry out such attacks if Israel did not end its blockade of Gaza. The Gazan health ministry said 16 people suffered gunshot wounds, in addition to the man shot dead.
Israel says it will not end the blocade until Gaza militants stop firing rockets across the border into Israel. The protest followed the earlier incident at the Erez crossing, only a few kilometres away, when Palestinian militants carried out the lorry bomb attack.
Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades said they were jointly behind the attack, which they said was in protest at Israel's economic blockade of Gaza, which is crippling the economy.
Islamic Jihad said the truck driver and suicide bomber was a 23-year old man, Ibrahim Nasser, from Jabalya in northern Gaza.
Gunmen driving behind the truck opened fire on the checkpoint, according to witnesses, but they fled when their vehicle overturned. Israeli military radio said the vehicle had been fired on by an Israeli helicopter.
Israel says it will not end the blockade until Gaza militants stop firing rockets across the border into Israel.