At least two Israelis killed in Gaza border raid

GAZA, June 25 (Reuters) At least two Israelis were killed in a Palestinian attack on an Israeli position along the Gaza Strip border early today, Israeli security sources said.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said there were four Israeli casualties in the attack, but she declined to comment further.

Israel Radio quoted medics as saying that four people wounded in the incident were taken to hospital.

At least three Palestinian militants were killed in the rocket and shooting attack near the Kerem Shalom border crossing to Gaza, said Israeli rescue workers at the scene.

The Popular Resistance Committees, a coalition of militant groups behind a more than 5-year-old Palestinian uprising, claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn raid. Gunmen from Hamas, the Islamic group now in charge of the Palestinian government, were among the attackers.

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