- Title: ISRAEL: Palestinian militants enter Israeli village
- Date: 28th July 2014
- Summary: NEAR ISRAEL/GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL (JULY 28, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ISRAELI TANK NEAR BORDER WITH GAZA ISRAELI SOLDIERS ON TOP OF TANK ISRAELI SOLDIER SAYING PRAYERS ISRAELI SOLDIER CLEANING TANK'S CANNON ON TOP OF TANK, ISRAELI SOLDIER CHECKING MACHINE GUN TANK DRIVING OFF
- Embargoed: 12th August 2014 13:00
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- Location: Israel
- Country: Israel
- Topics: International Relations,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA10VS7XET8DCTOXOU3J7P9WO7O
- Story Text: Palestinian fighters in running gun battles with Israeli troops as unofficial truce falls apart.
Palestinian fighters slipped into an Israeli village from the Gaza Strip on Monday (July 28) as an unofficial truce called for the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival disintegrated.
Israeli Television reported five gunmen were killed in the clashes. The Islamist Hamas movement said it had killed 10 Israeli soldiers.
The fighting appeared to wreck international hopes the brief ceasefire could turn into a longer-term break in assaults.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday his country must prepare for a long conflict in the Gaza Strip, further squashing any hopes of a swift end to fighting that has already cost more than 1,000 lives.
After the infiltration at Nahal Oz, a kibbutz collective village east of Gaza City, the Israeli army warned thousands of Palestinians to flee their homes in areas around Gaza City. Such warnings usually precede retaliatory strikes. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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