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Palestinian mourners on March 16 in Khan Yunis carrying the body of an Islamic Jihad militant killed in an IAF strike. (AP) Last update - 15:22 24/03/2008 Palestinians: Civilian dead, another hurt as IDF troops enter Gaza By Reuters Tags: Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israel Israel Defense Forces troops killed an unarmed Palestinian and wounded another during a clash with gunmen on the border of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Monday, hospital officials and militant sources said. They said gunmen from the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) faction fired at an IDF bulldozer performing maintenance work on the boundary fence near the southern town of Khan Yunis. Soldiers shot back, hitting two civilians, one fatally, hospital officials said. The gunmen fled the scene. Advertisement The PRC said the Israeli bulldozer and a small infantry unit were on the Gazan side of the border at the time. Palestinians said the dead man was a 65-year-old farmer who was on his land at the time. An IDF spokesman had no immediate comment on the incident, which came during a relative lull in Gaza violence as Egypt tries to broker a ceasefire between Islamist Hamas and the Jewish state. Palestinian hospital officials said it was not clear if the casualties were linked to militant groups. Israel has denied being in truce talks but offered to stop its attacks on Gaza if cross-border rocket salvoes and other militant activities in the territory ceased. Hamas suspended its rocket fire after Israeli forces raided northern Gaza this month, killing more than 120 Palestinians, many of them civilians. There have, however, been sporadic launches by a smaller militant group, Islamic Jihad. Related articles: Qaida No. 2: Muslims must strike Jews 'everywhere' over Gaza raids Cheney: Syria and Iran helping Hamas torpedo peace process Bookmark to del.icio.us   Love story Israel permits gay Palestinian to join his lover in Tel Aviv. Interfaith get-together Saudi King plans first interfaith conference to include Jews.   1.   No wonder, Killing unarmed civilian becomes as a culture 13:38  |  human rights 24/03/08   2.   "Palestinians say" 13:47  |  Malcolm Greene 24/03/08   3.   #1 and usual propoganda! 14:09  |  DR 24/03/08   4.   What are the IDF doing inside Gaza? 14:36  |  Dav 24/03/08   5.   Ending the threat of imminent cease fire 18:27  |  Mark Lincoln 24/03/08   6.   Actually, not what occurred. 19:00  |  Colin Wright 24/03/08   7.   how do we know he was a civilian? 21:23  |  vik 24/03/08   8.   response to 2 22:31  |  Donald 24/03/08   9.   The gospel according to Colin #6 23:36  |  Ilya 24/03/08   10.   Something to shoot 23:42  |  Ilya 24/03/08   11.   It`s immoral to support Israel anymore. 00:16  |  Dutch 25/03/08   12.   more innocent pals daeths due to the terrorist in gaza. 00:18  |  terrornator 25/03/08   13.   human rights # 1,using civillians for your bullshit propaganda 00:21  |  terrornator 25/03/08   14.   no colin,whats shameless is the blind appeasement and 00:27  |  terrornator 25/03/08   15.   Vik - How do we know? 00:32  |  Mark Lincoln 25/03/08   16.   My advice to my brother 00:37  |  Mark Lincoln 25/03/08   17.   Remember Kent State 00:45  |  Mark Lincoln 25/03/08   18.   Killed an unarmed civilian;the idf have become serial killers of 00:59  |  lakshmi 25/03/08   19.   What border? 02:09  |  Maureen Ann 25/03/08   20.   11 Mark Lincoln,you sure are more gullible than your brother when 02:16  |  lakshmi 25/03/08   21.   IDF is certainly losing their grip... 08:18  |  Silvienne 25/03/08

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