 A Palestinian terrorist militant was killed and two others were wounded on Tuesday when Israeli troops shot at them as they tried to plant explosives near the border, according to an Israeli military spokesman in Tel Aviv and Palestinians in Gaza. An official of Al Aqsa hospital in the town of Deir al Balah said the terrorist militant, Marwan al-Jarba, 22, was dead when he arrived, and the two other men had injuries that were moderate to serious.
Islamic Jihad, a small, more radical competitor of the ruling Hamas party, said in a statement that it had sent men to strike at Israeli forces along Gaza's eastern boundary but that the group was spotted and attacked. Residents said the Israelis used machine guns, artillery and missiles. Tanks also rolled in to chase down the Palestinian assailants. |