10 Palestinians reported killed as IDF intensifies Gaza ops
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10 Palestinians were reported killed and 14 wounded Tuesday as IDF troops,
backed up by aircraft, intensified their operations in the southern Gaza
Strip in order to root out Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives.

Troops faced severe resistance in the operations in Khan Yunis as they came
heavy under fire and a grenade was hurled at a tank. The soldiers fired back
at the attackers.

Also during the operations, troops discovered bombs and explosive belts.

In the latest IAF strike in the town, the Islamic Jihad said six of its
members were killed. The IDF said it would look into the report.

Early Tuesday morning, two Hamas operatives were killed in clashes with
soldiers. Two civilians were also killed, Hamas and Palestinian medical
officials said.

Hamas said one of its men died in a pre-dawn airstrike, east of Khan Yunis,
and a second was killed along with his 70-year-old mother when ground troops
fired at their house.

Palestinian medical officials said a second civilian, Ibrahim al-Shami, 40,
was shot dead by soldiers when he went out onto the roof of his house and
that of a total of eight gunmen and seven civilians were wounded in the
fighting.

The IDF confirmed it carried out the first strike, saying it targeted
Palestinian terrorists in the area. However, it said the second shooting was
not carried out from the air, but rather by troops on the ground that
identified hitting one gunman.

Also Tuesday, four Palestinians slipped into Israel through the heavily
guarded Israel-Gaza border fence, the army said. It was the second such
infiltration in two days. Four suspects were apprehended in southern Israel
and questioned, the army said.

It was not immediately clear if the Palestinians were gunmen or civilians
looking for work in Israel.

Later Tuesday, a Kassam rocket damaged a greenhouse in the western Negev.

Nobody was wounded in the attack.