Israeli army kills Palestinian at Gaza border

GAZA, Oct 5 (Reuters) Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip today near the border with Israel, said ambulance workers who retrieved his body.

An Israeli army spokesman in Tel Aviv said troops shot an armed Palestinian who had approached the Israeli-built border fence south of the Kissufim crossing point and tried to plant explosives.

The man's identity was not immediately known.

REUTERS BDP PM1351