An Israeli missile strike has killed a Palestinian resistance fighter in the Gaza Strip shortly after one Israeli soldier was killed and four others wounded in a bomb attack.
The fighter killed was Ismail al-Sawarka, an Islamic Jihad activist.
The missile attack came shortly after two explosive devices detonated as an Israeli occupation military convoy passed near the Karni (Mintar) crossing east of Gaza City, killing one soldier and wounding four, Aljazeera's correspondent reported.The military wing of Hamas, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for planting and detonating several explosive devices near the Karni crossing.
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