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WORLD BRIEFING / ISRAEL

Times Wire Reports

Israeli forces shot and killed a 16-year-old Bedouin girl who opened fire at a police base in southern Israel and two Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

In the rare incident in southern Israel, the girl fired a pistol at a guard post and was shot dead, a police spokesman said.

In an earlier incident near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Palestinian medics said they recovered the bodies of two gunmen killed by Israeli troops.

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An Israeli military spokeswoman said troops had shot at several men trying to plant explosives near the border.

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