An Israeli soldier was killed and another wounded in a Palestinian shooting attack Thursday in the Gaza Strip. Lt. Malik Grifat, 24 of Beit Zarzir, died of his wounds after at least one Palestinian gunman opened fire from a crowded Palestinian school on the two soldiers, who were guarding workers building a security fence.
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