Israeli soldier missing after Gaza attack -army

JERUSALEM, June 25 (Reuters) An Israeli soldier was today missing after Palestinian militants attacked a military post near the Gaza Strip, the army said.

Two Israeli soldiers were killed in the raid and ''we have a soldier that is missing,'' an army spokesman said.

The spokesman said further details could not be released due to military censorship.

After the attack, in which several Palestinian gunmen were killed, a small Israeli force mounted a search operation in the southern Gaza Strip near the scene of the incident.

It was the first such cross-border raid by Palestinian militants since Israel pulled out of the Gaza Strip last year.

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