Local residents in the Hamas Islamist-run enclave said the incident occurred on a beach about 1 km (half a mile) from the Israeli-built border fence in the northern part of the territory.
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At least 139 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the last three and a half months.
However, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, the raids killed civilian Musa Abu Zuaiter (31) and injured three others with moderate to critical injuries.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who took power from Morsi, accuses the Hamas movement which governs the Gaza Strip of aiding militants in the neighboring Sinai Peninsula in carrying out attacks on Egyptian military personnel, allegations that Hamas has denied.
“Israel bears the responsibility for this aggression and its repercussions”, Hamas said in a statement.
Under Palestinian law, those convicted of collaboration with Israel, murder and drug trafficking face the death penalty.
Israeli media reports have quoted military officials as saying they believe Hamas elements have sought to further inflame the violence in hopes of sparking a fully fledged uprising. From Gaza, he sneaked through the “death zone” border area to Israel, then to the occupied West Bank, where he hid in the Hebron hills, before being smuggled with a tribe that escaped the war to Jordan.
The Palestinian Hamas organization has rebuilt most of the underground tunnels destroyed by the Israeli army in the 2014 war, the Ha’aretz daily reported on Tuesday.
Israel’s blockade as well as a lack of donor contributions and coordination between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have been blamed for the delays.
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In the “Green Belt”, Abumghasib and 39 other fighters selected from four factions infiltrated Israel from the Jordanian border, killing several soldiers and capturing two in order to exchange them for Palestinian prisoners.
