Israeli forces kill at least four Palestinians in Gaza Strip



Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip killed at least four Palestinian security men in a gun battle and wounded at least 30 people in a separate raid on a refugee camp on Wednesday, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.

The bloodshed followed a mortar bomb attack that wounded 10 Israeli soldiers on Tuesday.

Palestinian officials said Israeli undercover soldiers who drove up to a Palestinian guard post in a civilian car shot dead two security men and wounded two others in an exchange of fire near the Jewish settlement of Netzarim.

Earlier, an Israeli armored force backed by helicopter gunships raided the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Hospital officials said some 20 Palestinians were wounded by a missile fired by an Apache helicopter. Witnesses said Israeli bulldozers destroyed four houses before the force withdrew.

Palestinian governor Hosni Zoaroub said bulldozers tore down 10 buildings in the camp. He said 60 people were left homeless. Also Wednesday, explosions and gunfire were heard north of Gaza City in the area of Beit Lahiya, witnesses said.

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