Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinian militants near the Gaza Strip's central border with Israel early Tuesday, Palestinian medics and security officials said. Security officials said they were members of the radical Islamic Jihad faction.
An Israeli army spokesman said Israeli troops spotted them approaching the border fence in a suspicious manner overnight, carrying big bags and at one point lying flat on the ground. The troops opened fire and shot them. A Palestinian ambulance picked up the bodies of the three near the Kissufim border crossing after being informed by the Israeli army that they were lying there on the ground. |