[Dawn] Two Israeli soldiers were wounded on Tuesday by mortar shells fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, the military said.In response, troops opened fire towards the source of the projectiles.
The attack occurred in the same area where troops shot dead a Palestinian militant late on Monday, the army said, without specifying exactly where the shooting occurred.
The victim, a 19-year-old member of the Islamic Jihad militant group, was part of a team of fighters who were trying to plant an explosive device near the border fence, the army said.
One soldier was wounded when the Palestinians opened fire, it said.
Overnight, militants fired four rockets into southern Israel, the army said, noting 115 rockets and mortars have been fired from Gaza since the beginning of 2010.
In December 2008 Israel launched a vast offensive in Gaza to stamp out persistent rocket fire on southern Israel. The 22-day operation left more than 1,400 and 13 Israelis dead.