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Seven gunmen killed in Gaza raid | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Seven Palestinian militants have been killed and three Israeli soldiers wounded in fierce clashes near a refugee camp inside Gaza. | |
The Israeli military said it had mounted a raid between the Maghazi camp and the Israeli-Gaza border to stop the firing of rockets into southern Israel. | |
Militants from Hamas's military wing and Islamic Jihad are among the dead. | |
Hours later several rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, one landing close to a primary school. | |
Earlier this week Israel launched air strikes at Gaza, killing at least 12 people, including a senior militant. | Earlier this week Israel launched air strikes at Gaza, killing at least 12 people, including a senior militant. |
Orchard battle | |
Israel accused Majed Harazin of leading rocket and mortar attacks against its territory. He has been reported to be the most senior militant to be killed in a year. | Israel accused Majed Harazin of leading rocket and mortar attacks against its territory. He has been reported to be the most senior militant to be killed in a year. |
Pupils were treated for shock after a rocket landed near their school | |
Israel described the latest incursion as "a routine operation against terrorist threats". | |
Its troops, backed by tanks and helicopters, advanced nearly 1km (half-a-mile) into the Gaza Strip early on Thursday morning. | |
Clashes erupted among orange orchards near Maghazi, a local man said. | |
Several Palestinians were wounded, including a Reuters television soundman and a Hamas cameraman. | |
Later on Thursday several rockets were fired across the border from Gaza. | |
At least one of the missiles landed in the grounds of a primary school in the Israeli town of Sderot and a number of children were treated for shock. |