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GAZA, Dec 4 (KUNA) -- Israeli troops clashed with Palestinian gunmen near
the town of Deir Al-Balah in the center of Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian
security sources reported.
One Palestinian fighter was shot and wounded in the leg during the
firefight that erupted when an Israeli squad attempted to infiltrate into
Palestinian-held areas, the sources said.
Salah-Eddine Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance
Committees, an umbrella organization that groups several factions, said in a
statement its fighters were engaged in the fighting with the assaulting
troops. (end)
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