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| Three dead in Israeli air strike | |
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| Three Palestinian militants have been killed by an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials have said. | Three Palestinian militants have been killed by an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials have said. |
| The Israeli military confirmed one of its aircraft had fired at armed men as they approached the Israel-Gaza border fence east of the town of Khan Younis. | The Israeli military confirmed one of its aircraft had fired at armed men as they approached the Israel-Gaza border fence east of the town of Khan Younis. |
| Islamic Jihad said the men were its members on a mission against Israel. | |
| Earlier, Israeli soldiers shot dead a militant near the al-Ein refugee camp in the West Bank town of Nablus. | Earlier, Israeli soldiers shot dead a militant near the al-Ein refugee camp in the West Bank town of Nablus. |
| Reports say the gunman was linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a secular militant group. | Reports say the gunman was linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a secular militant group. |
| Sniper rifles | |
| The militants killed near Khan Younis were 600m away from the border fence with Israel when an aircraft fired a missile at them. | |
| Six Hamas members were killed by an Israeli missile strike on Monday | |
| An Israeli military statement said the aircraft fired on two attackers, but the army later said the Palestinian version, in which three were killed, appeared to be true. | |
| The Israeli military said the men were going to fire on Israeli targets near the fence and that they belonged to a cell that had carried out such attacks in the past. | |
| Israeli troops later crossed the border into Gaza and found three sniper rifles near the men's bodies, the military added. | |
| Villagers later collected the bodies in blankets and took them to an ambulance in a nearby olive grove. | |
| The attack came as Palestinians buried six members of Hamas who were killed by an Israeli missile strike near the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday. | |
| The Israeli military said the militants had earlier fired several rockets into its western Negev region. | The Israeli military said the militants had earlier fired several rockets into its western Negev region. |