Israeli civilian, Palestinian girl killed in Gaza flare-up
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - A Gaza sniper shot dead an Israeli civilian over the border on Tuesday and Israel hit back with air strikes on two Hamas training camps which hospital officials said killed a Palestinian girl near one of the targets.
The Israeli man, who the military said was working on Israel's security fence, was the first Israeli killed on the Gaza frontier in more than a year.
Officials from Hamas, the Islamic group which rules Gaza, and witnesses said Israeli aircraft bombed the group's training camps in Khan Younis and al-Bureij. Witnesses said Israeli tanks had fired shells east of Gaza city.
Gaza hospital officials said a three-year-old girl was killed by shrapnel during the Israeli strike on the Bureij facility. She was standing with other family members outside their home near the camp and two of her brothers were wounded, the officials said. In a statement, Hamas condemned the girl's death as "a criminal and cowardly act"
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This is an update on a story reported earlier with more details and article also gives more details and includes other incidents from this year.
I have to wonder if some third party isn't behind some of this. This is a terrible time politically and internationally for this to be happening and is hurting the reputation of both groups. It seems like someone is trying to sabotage peace talks. Hmm...