Ghaza Four Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire

Ghaza - At least four Palestinians were wounded, two seriously, on Saturday morning in the southern Ghaza strip during exchanges of fire with Israeli forces, according to Palestinian emergency services.

•    Two of the injured are members of the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the other two belong to al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed group linked to Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the same source said without giving their identities.
•    Witnesses said the firefght took place in the eastern town of Khan Younis. 
     In a joint statement issued in Ghaza, the PFLP and the al-Aqsa Brigades said that their men had "attacked with RPGs four jeeps of the Israeli army, and the latter then retaliated by firing at machine gun from a helicopter assault and firing tank shells.
•    Questioned by AFP, a military spokesman has said on his side that "Israeli soldiers spotted the silhouettes approaching the security fence separating the Ghaza strip and fired in their direction."
•   An Israeli soldier was wounded Thursday in the same area by the explosion of an ROV, the spokesman said.
  
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