Several Hamas members were killed or injured in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli troops killed a Hamas militant early Wednesday in southern Gaza during an attack on a group of armed Hamas militiamen.
Three Hamas militants were killed Tuesday night and three injured in an explosion at Gaza’s port. The Palestinian interior ministry said an Israeli naval vessel shelled the area; the navy has denied involvment. Other reports attributed responsibility to Fatah, Hamas’ rival faction.
IDF troops shot and injured a Reuters photographer at the Erez border crossing between Gaza and Israel as the photographer was taking pictures of Tuesday’s release of Fatah prisoners by Israel.
Hamas said a Palestinian man was killed when a tunnel he was building in northern Gaza collapsed.
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