- Three Palestinians were killed overnight Friday by Israel
Defense Forces troops in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip.
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- In the first instance, troops shot dead a Palestinian
in an off-limits military zone in the Gaza Strip after dark Friday, an
IDF spokesman said.
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- The shooting took place near the southern Gaza town of
Rafah, an area where
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- Palestinian militants and IDF soldiers clash almost daily.
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- The Palestinian was later identified as 16-year-old Jihad
al-Akhras, 16, of the Rafah refugee camp. Doctors at Rafah Hospital told
Reuters that he had been shot six times in the head, chest and back.
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- Also Friday, IDF troops shot and killed two Palestinians,
armed with grenades and an explosive device, crawling toward a security
barrier separating the Gaza Strip from Israel, military sources confirmed
Saturday.
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- The men, wearing green and black military uniforms, were
killed deep inside a forbidden area near Nahal Oz on the Gaza side of the
fence where two recent attacks on Israeli soldiers had taken place, the
military said.
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- Palestinian sources identified the men as Ashraf al Haya,
20, of Gaza City and Khalil Sukr, 22, of Gaza City.
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- The military said the men were carrying several grenades
and a 25 kilogram explosive device.
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- Late Friday, security services lowered a high state of
alert in the north, after one had been declared in the Wadi Ara region,
near the city of Umm al-Fahm, the Megiddo junction east of Haifa, and the
"Checkpost" junction, between Haifa and several satellite cities
lying to its north, Army Radio reported late Friday.
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- The heightened state was declared after authorities received
intelligence information regarding an attempt by Palestinian militants
to infiltrate the area.
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- Police and military forces erected roadblocks, and the
entrance and exit to Umm al-Fahm are blocked and the Border Guard troops
have fortified forces along the seam line between Israel and the West Bank
in the area.
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- In the Gaza Strip, three mortars were fired Friday at
a Jewish settlement in the Gush Katif settlement bloc. No injuries or damage
were reported.
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