Israeli air strike in Gaza kills Palestinian

An Israeli border policeman stands guard near the scene where Israeli military said a Palestinian who tried to stab a soldier, was shot dead by the troops, in the West Bank city of Hebron January 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli aircraft attacked a group of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday who the military said planned to detonate a bomb at the border with Israel, and Palestinian hospital officials said one man was killed.

Local residents in the Hamas Islamist-run enclave said the incident occurred on a beach about 1 kilometre (half a mile) from the Israeli-built border fence in the northern part of the territory.