Israeli civilian, Palestinian girl killed in Gaza flare-up


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Dec 2013

Israeli military jeeps are seen at the scene of a shooting incident near the border with the northern Gaza Strip, near kibbutz Nahal Oz December 24, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

GAZA (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.

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