A Palestinian teenager in Gaza was killed by Israeli tank shells after local gunmen traded fire with Israeli forces. The death occurred Wednesday as Israeli forces encountered local gunmen during an operation in southern Gaza to search for arms-smuggling tunnels running from Rafah into Egypt.
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