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Israeli shelling kills Gaza militant, wounds 7

22 July 2010 02:26 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Israeli shellfire killed a Palestinian militant and wounded seven people, including a 10-year-old girl, in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian medical workers and an official with a militant group said, APA reports quoting â€œReutersâ€.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers opened fire on suspects approaching a border fence but had no further comment.
Officials with a militant group active in Gaza said the dead man was one of their members. Medical officials said one of those wounded in the attack was a 10-year-old girl. No other details were immediately released.
Cross-border violence has abated on the Israel-Gaza frontier since a major Israeli offensive in early 2009, but Israel has staged periodic assaults which it said were in response to rocket and mortar fire by militants in the coastal territory.
A week ago Israeli shellfire killed a Palestinian woman in Gaza. Israel said it had opened fire on militants suspected of preparing to mount an attack.