6 Palestinians killed in Gaza
Middle East Desk Report

GAZA—The Israeli army on Saturday killed six Palestinians, including five militants, in two separate incidents in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials and Hamas said.
Gaza medical workers said they collected three wounded Palestinians and one dead body from an area east of Gaza City near the border fence with Israel. Local residents said they had earlier heard gunfire in the area. An Israeli army spokesman said troops shot at Palestinian gunmen who had opened fire at a force patrolling the area.
Earlier, five Hamas militants were killed in an Israeli missile attack in the southern part of the coastal enclave near the city of Khan Younis. The Islamist Hamas movement, which seized control of the Gaza Strip in June after fighting with forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said at least five other militants were wounded in the strike.