Israeli troops kill three gunmen on Gaza border
GAZA (Reuters) - The Israeli army killed three Islamic Jihad gunmen at the Gaza Strip border fence on Monday, the Palestinian militant faction said.
It said the gunmen, operating near the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis, were trying to plant a bomb that could be detonated against Israeli patrols when they came under fire.
An Israeli military spokesman confirmed that troops shot three gunmen at the border fence. "There was an explosion at the time of the incident. Munitions were later found at the scene," the spokesman said.
Egypt has been trying to broker a truce to end violence on the Israel-Gaza border. Israel's cabinet this month decided to give the Egyptian mediation a chance but said it would also instruct the military to prepare for a possible sweep of Gaza.
(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza and Brenda Gazzar in Jerusalem; Editing by Stephen Weeks)
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