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Palestinian militants infiltrate Israel, attack Israeli army post [1]

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Date: 2006-06-25

KIBBUTZ KEREM SHALOM, Israel — Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip infiltrated Israel through a tunnel early Sunday, attacking a military post and killing two Israelis before soldiers shot dead three gunmen, the army, militants and witnesses said.

The strike, the first of its kind since Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip last August, came days after Israel warned that militants were planning an attack on the area, an alert that caused the Gaza-Egypt border to be shut down for several days last week.

The small Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the attack, saying militants from the ruling Hamas group and from a previously unknown group, the Islam Army, participated in the attack.

At least five other Israelis were wounded in the attack, including three from a bomb detonated shortly after the initial strike, the army said.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/world/africa/25iht-web.0626gaza.2041377.html

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