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Israeli strike kills five in Gaza Israeli strike kills six in Gaza
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An Israeli air strike has hit a police station in Gaza, killing five members of the Hamas security force, Palestinian sources say. An Israeli air strike has hit a police station in Gaza, killing six members of the Hamas security force, Palestinian sources say.
Seven people were also wounded in the strike, some critically. Several people were also wounded in the strike, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military confirmed the attack in the south of the Strip, but gave no further details. The Israeli military confirmed the attack, but gave no further details. Earlier on Tuesday Israeli troops shot dead two Hamas militants.
The strike comes a day after an Israeli woman was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Dimona, the first such attack in the country for a year. The strikes come a day after a suicide bomber killed an Israeli woman in Dimona, the first such bomb for a year.
Earlier on Tuesday, two Hamas militants were shot dead by Israeli troops close to Gaza's border with Egypt. Two suicide bombers attacked Dimona one day after Egypt ended the two-week breach of its border with the Gaza Strip by resealing the last gaps.
Hamas, a militant Islamist group, has controlled the Gaza Strip since June 2006 when it drove out the forces of the Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.Hamas, a militant Islamist group, has controlled the Gaza Strip since June 2006 when it drove out the forces of the Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Israeli air strike on Tuesday targeted the village of Abisan, while the ground incident took place near Rafah, on the Egyptian border.
One of the men killed in the Rafah attack was buried only hours later
Israeli police were on a heightened state of alert after the Dimona attack, especially on the border with Egypt.
Graphic footage has been broadcast of the aftermath of the bombing: police push people back from the scene while an officer shoots dead a second Palestinian lying injured and apparently trying to detonate an explosives belt around his waist.
Meanwhile, Palestinian militants fired two unguided rockets into Israel on Tuesday morning, causing damage to two factories, according to the Associated Press. No injuries were immediately reported.