Israeli Soldier, Palestinian Killed in Gaza Border Firefight
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A Palestinian militant from the Gaza Strip cut through a border security fence and slipped into Israel, sparking an exchange of fire in which he and an Israeli soldier were killed, officials said.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization claimed responsibility for the attack early today in an e-mailed statement, saying its gunman had sought to kidnap an Israeli soldier. Palestinians later fired two rockets into Israel and the Israeli Air Force struck a vehicle in southern Gaza, wounding four Palestinians, according to an Israeli army statement and Adham Abu Selmeya, a spokesman for the Hamas-run emergency services department.