Israel kills three by Gaza border

Israel has shot dead three Palestinians near the Karni border crossing in the Gaza Strip, reports say.


Palestinians say the Israelis opened fire on policemen

8 June 2006

BBC News

Israel said its troops had opened fire on "three suspect silhouettes" moving towards the border. Palestinians said the dead were policemen on patrol.

Israeli helicopters have also blown up roads in northern Gaza allegedly used by militants to fire rockets at Israel.

A BBC correspondent says the Israeli border with Gaza is constantly tense, with clashes sometimes lasting hours.

Israel frequently shells open spaces in northern Gaza that, it says, are used by militants to launch crude rockets at Israel.

Rockets fired by Palestinians often land in Israeli border towns, occasionally causing casualties.
An Israeli military spokeswoman quoted by the AFP news agency said troops on Wednesday night had spotted "three suspect silhouettes approaching the security fence that guards Israeli territory and opened fire in their direction".

Palestinian medical sources said three people were killed and at least four others hurt when Israel opened fire at a Palestinian police post along the border.