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| Israeli strike hits southern Gaza | Israeli strike hits southern Gaza |
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| Israel has carried out an air strike in Gaza, hours after a bomb attack killed one Israeli soldier and wounded three others near the Gaza border. | Israel has carried out an air strike in Gaza, hours after a bomb attack killed one Israeli soldier and wounded three others near the Gaza border. |
| A Hamas militant is reported to have been wounded in the air strike in southern Gaza. | |
| Israeli troops also entered the Strip following the bomb attack, and one Palestinian was killed, medics said. | |
| It is the worst violence since Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza ended with both sides declaring ceasefires. | It is the worst violence since Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza ended with both sides declaring ceasefires. |
| No group has said it carried out Tuesday's bomb attack on an Israeli patrol near the border crossing of Kissufim. | |
| One Israeli officer was badly wounded in the explosion and the other soldiers were lightly wounded, an army spokesman said. | One Israeli officer was badly wounded in the explosion and the other soldiers were lightly wounded, an army spokesman said. |
| Palestinian residents of Kissufim said they could hear Israeli helicopters circling overhead and the sound of heavy gunfire. | |
| Medics in Gaza said a Palestinian farmer was killed by gunfire. | |
| The Associated Press news agency quotes Hamas as saying one of its members was wounded in the subsequent air strike in the town of Khan Younis near Rafah. | |
| Other reports say two people were wounded in the strike. | Other reports say two people were wounded in the strike. |
| The violence comes as US President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, arrives in the region to seek a more permanent truce. | The violence comes as US President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, arrives in the region to seek a more permanent truce. |
| Israel has closed border crossings into Gaza because of the attack on the patrol, Israeli officials said, stopping the flow of aid supplies to Gaza's 1.5 million residents. | |
| Aid agencies have been struggling to meet the urgent needs of tens of thousands of displaced, homeless and injured people in Gaza. |