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Gaza:
Israel launched air strikes late on Monday killing four Palestinians in the Gaza
Strip, including two fighters from the Islamic Jihad group on a
motorcycle. Two other fighters were killed while trying to fire a
rocket.
The Israel’s military claimed that
the attack came after Palestine fighters fired on Israelis
building a barrier on the border on Monday, killing one worker.
Three gunmen crossed into Israel from Egypt’s Sinai Desert, the
Israeli military said. Israeli soldiers shot dead two of the
attackers.
A military source said the dead worker was an Arab citizen of
Israel.
There was no immediate claim of
responsibility for the attack, which took place about 30 km (18
miles) from the Gaza Strip.
Israelis building a fence along the
frontier to curb an influx of African migrants and boost security,
and hopes to complete it by the end of the year.
It will run along most of the 266 km
(165 miles) from Eilat, on the Red Sea, to the Gaza Strip.
Late on Sunday, Israeli aircraft
carried out a series of strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to
rocket fire from the enclave.
Medical sources in Gaza said seven
people were wounded.
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