By Xinhua,
Jerusalem : Three Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were killed on Wednesday morning during clashes with Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, IDF confirmed to Xinhua.
Another two soldiers were wounded when an IDF unit entered the Hamas-controlled strip to pursue a group of suspicious figures whoapproached the security fence near Kibbutz Be’eri and then were engaged in exchanges of heavy gunfire, said the IDF.
The wounded have been sent to hospital for treatment, it added.
Hamas’ armed wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, has claimed responsibility for the attack on the IDF troops, Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
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