Israeli troop killed in Gaza

Israeli soldier was killed and another was injured on Thursday during clashes with Palestinian fighters near the Kisufim military post east of Al-Qarara in the southern Gaza Strip.

Witnesses said that fierce fighting between Palestinian activists and Israeli troops took place 200 meters from the military installation.

The witnesses said that they heard a thunderous explosion and saw an Israeli military jeep completely burned, as if the jeep had driven over a powerful landmine.

According to eyewitnesses, Zionist regime's forces progressed one kilometer in the area firing shells at Palestinian houses.

The Abu Ar-Rish Brigades, an armed group linked to Fatah, claimed responsibility for the attack.