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Israeli troops have clashed with Palestinian gunmen at the Gaza-Israel border, as rival Palestinian groups continued fighting in the Gaza Strip. Gunmen from rival Palestinian factions in Gaza have clashed near the border with Israel, drawing fire from Israeli forces across the border.
Palestinian officials said gunmen from the militant Hamas group attacked rival Fatah forces at the key Karni crossing, drawing gunfire from Israeli troops. At least five Palestinians were killed in the incident, the deadliest clash in three days of factional fighting in the Gaza Strip.
One report says an unidentified man was killed by the Israeli gunfire. The incident took place near the key Karni crossing into Israel.
Nine people have died in the Gaza Strip since Sunday in the worst outbreak of factional violence in several months. Fourteen people have died in Gaza Strip since Sunday in the worst outbreak of factional violence in several months.
The fighting comes despite the latest attempt to stop bitter faction violence with a truce between Fatah and Hamas forces.
On Monday, Interior Minister Hani Qawasmi resigned amid the violence, prompting Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya to take personal control of security in Gaza.
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Ramallah in the West Bank says it will be a difficult task for any politician to control all the disparate security forces and Palestinians fear this round of violence has not yet run its course.
Up to 400 people have died in clashes between the Fatah and Hamas factions since Hamas won last year's parliamentary elections.
Since the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, the strip has seen a wave of infighting, armed robberies, deadly family feuds and kidnappings.