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GAZA, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- Armed confrontations have broken out between
Palestinian fighters and Israeli troops in northern Khan Younes, southern Gaza
Strip, according to Palestinian witnesses on Tuesday.
They told KUNA that these clashes focused around Kissufim and the military
post located north of Khan Younes, along the borders between Gaza Strip and
Israel.
Palestinians fired mortar shells at Kissufim, but no injuries have been
reported, they added.
Meanwhile, Ezzidin Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said its
activists fired 17 mortar shells this morning at Kissufim. (end)
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