Israel sends tanks, bulldozers into Gaza
Israeli tanks and bulldozers crossed into the Gaza Strip on Friday after the Jewish state warned it would retaliate against Hamas for a deadly explosion of violence earlier this week.
Ten tanks and two armoured bulldozers entered one kilometre (0.6 mile) into Gaza, west of the Bureij refugee camp, drawing heavy fire from militants, Palestinian security sources said.
Two Palestinian teenagers were wounded in clashes, Gaza medics said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed forces were operating in the Hamas-run territory and had come under gun and mortar fire.
She said Israeli forces carried out an air strike in the same area. Witnesses did not immediately report any casualties from the air raid.
Hours earlier two Hamas militants were killed in another air strike in southern Gaza.
Israel has vowed to "settle the score" with the Islamist group for a border attack that killed two Israeli civilians on Wednesday, which followed a month of relative calm in and around Gaza.
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