Shooting kills Palestinian, wounds 3 Israel soldiers

A Palestinian crossed into Israel from Gaza and shot at troops, setting off a firefight in which he was killed and three Israeli soldiers were wounded early yesterday, the army said. An Israeli tank targeted a Hamas military post after the incident which began at around 2:00 am, Israel’s military said. It said an army officer was moderately wounded and two soldiers were lightly injured by gunfire from the Palestinian, who entered Israel from the border fence in the Khan Yunis area of the southern Gaza Strip. Israel’s military believes he was a member of the Islamist movement Hamas but had acted alone. He was armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and grenades, it added. He threw at least one grenade and was killed by Israeli soldiers who were scrambled to the area in response.