| Israeli forces have pulled out of Gaza City after two days of clashes with Palestinian militants in the Zeitoun neighbourhood. The move came after a deal was agreed for militants to hand over the remains of six Israeli soldiers killed when their vehicle was blown up on Tuesday. The Israeli military later confirmed they had received the soldiers’ remains - a condition for the pull-out. But violence continued overnight in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Witnesses said seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Rafah refugee camp. The Israeli army says that the dead were among a group of people who were preparing to plant explosive devices. The Israeli air strike came hours after a bomb attack on an Israeli armoured vehicle near Rafah left five soldiers dead. The Islamic Jihad militant group claimed responsibility for the attack on the Israeli personnel carrier. |