GAZA (Reuters) - The armed wing of Hamas said its gunmen shot an Israeli near the Gaza Strip on Monday, effectively breaking a truce with Israel declared by the Islamist group in November.
An official in Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office called the shooting a "terror" attack.
The Israeli electricity company employee was working near the Karni commercial crossing between Israel and Gaza when he was shot and seriously wounded, Israeli rescue services said.
"The (Hamas) Qassam Brigades announced its responsibility for shooting a Zionist (Israeli) and firing two mortar bombs against a gathering of Zionist soldiers near Karni crossing," the statement by Hamas's armed wing said.
"Our strikes against the enemy will continue," it added.
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