(Ha'aretz) Four IDF soldiers were killed Sunday and four more were wounded when three Palestinian gunmen opened fire near the Erez checkpoint in the northern Gaza Strip. The gunmen, wearing IDF uniforms, slipped into a line of Palestinian laborers waiting to enter Israel, then jumped over a fence and advanced toward an army post. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades issued a joint statement claiming responsibility for the attack.
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