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Israelis kill seven Palestinians | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
Seven Palestinians - at least five of them militants - have been killed by Israeli troops. | |
Two of the dead breached the tightly guarded northern Gaza Strip border and were in Israel when they were shot. | |
In the West Bank city of Jenin, three militants were killed. One of the dead is thought to be a leader of the militant group Islamic Jihad. | |
Palestinian officials said two teenage boys were also killed by Israeli troops in an unrelated incident in Gaza. | |
Medical officials said the two were civilians aged 15 and 16, who were shot close to an Israeli observation post near the town of Beit Lahiya. | |
'Martyrdom operation' | |
Troops were sent to the Erez border crossing after two gunmen scaled an eight metre (25ft) wall using a ladder, the Israeli military said. | |
In an ensuing gun battle, at least one Israeli soldier was lightly wounded and the Palestinians were killed. | |
The militants were 700m into Israeli territory when they were killed, the Associated Press news agency quoted the Israeli army's Maj Tal Lev-Ram as saying. | |
The two dead men were on a "martyrdom operation" against Israel, a spokesman for a Palestinian militant group said. | |
The Gaza clash was confirmed in statements by spokesmen for some of the smaller Palestinian militant groups, and it appears that the gunmen came from different groups. | The Gaza clash was confirmed in statements by spokesmen for some of the smaller Palestinian militant groups, and it appears that the gunmen came from different groups. |
The militants claimed that three gunmen had breached the Gaza border, but the Israeli army said there were only two. | |
In Jenin, Israeli forces said they killed three Palestinian militants when they opened fire on a car. | |
According to army officials, the three militants had two assault rifles and ammunition in the car. | |
Israeli troops have killed at least 20 Palestinians in the last week. | |
The army says the operations are needed to protect Israeli civilians from attacks. |