Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen exchanged fire for hours in the southern Gaza Strip, despite attempts to arrange a cease-fire after eight months of violence. Two Israeli soldiers were slightly hurt and eight Palestinians were wounded during the firefight at Rafah on the Egyptian-Gaza border.
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