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| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: February 13, 2007 |
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A Palestinian was killed Tuesday morning in exchanges of fire which erupted near the Karni crossing between Israel Defense Forces soldiers and gunmen of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Fatah's military wing. During the exchanges of fire, an explosive device belonging to the gunmen exploded, killing one of them.
Shortly before 9 a.m., IDF soldiers spotted two gunmen attempting to plant an explosive device on the border fence near the Karni crossing. Soldiers from the Givati Brigade arrived at the area and exchanges of fire erupted between the troops and the gunmen.
IDF officials estimated that the two planned to carry out a terror attack, as rifles and weapons were found in the area.
The incident is relatively unusual in the Gaza Strip. Since the ceasefire which came into force in November 2006, only several incidents took place in which terrorists arrived at the border fence in order to carry out an attack.
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