An Israeli soldier and two Palestinian terrorists were killed in a clash in the Gaza Strip. Hamas gunmen set off a land mine Tuesday as Israeli troops searched a chicken coop near Gaza’s Karni Crossing, killing a soldier and his bomb-sniffing dog and wounding four other soldiers. Israeli forces mounted a pursuit, killing at least two terrorists in airstrikes.
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