Two armed terrorists and a 5-year-old Palestinian boy reportedly were killed Thursday in gunfire in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources told the Israeli daily Ha’aretz that Israeli troops shot at the boy without provocation, and also seriously wounded his grandfather and another man. Israel said Israeli tanks returned fire after Palestinian gunmen shot at them.
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