An Israeli soldier, wounded in a firefight along the border with Gaza, is transported to hospital in the southern city of Beersheba December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Dudu Grunshpan
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot dead a member of Hamas's armed wing after a firefight erupted along the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and an Israeli soldier was wounded, Gaza hospital officials and the Israeli army said.
The military said in a statement that a routine patrol on the Israeli side of the border came under attack from snipers in the southern Gaza Strip and that forces responded with fire from the ground and the air.
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