Israeli troops killed two Gazan gunmen.
An Israeli infantry unit spotted two armed Palestinians near the Karni crossing on the Gaza Strip border early Wednesday. The soldiers mounted a brief incursion and killed the two gunmen, who belonged to Hamas.
There were no Israeli casualties in the incident.
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