Israeli soldier, Gaza man killed in clash

An Israeli soldier and a gunman from the Gaza Strip were killed in a rare border clash on Friday, the army said in a statement. It said the gunman, who was not immediately identified, crossed the fortified boundary into Israel from the Palestinian enclave and opened fire on troops, who shot back.

Palestinian witnesses heard an explosion and shooting near Abassan, a border village in southern Gaza that is also close to the Egyptian frontier. They said Israeli forces set off smoke bombs to obscure the view as helicopters circled. Gaza's Hamas rulers and other Palestinian groups are hostile to Israel, and the enclave saw a surge in cross-border fighting in March. But violence had otherwise abated as rival Palestinian factions negotiate power-sharing deals and monitor political developments in Egypt.
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