Israeli soldiers, stationed near northern Gaza borders with Israel, shot dead on Monday night a Palestinian militant, said sources from both sides.
Palestinian medical sources told media that they were informed by the Israeli side to send an ambulance to pick up a militant that was shot dead near Erez crossing in northern Gaza Strip.
An Israeli army spokesman confirmed in a statement that a Palestinian gunman opened fire at an Israeli army post near Erez Crossing and the soldiers immediately responded to the source of fire and killed the gunman.
The gunman's identity is still unknown and no one of the militant groups claimed responsibility for the attack, said Palestinian medics.
The Erez incident happened shortly after Palestinian officials said that Israel agreed to let 150 Palestinians to cross the crossing.
Husein al-Sheikh, head of the Palestinian coordination liaison office with Israel, said the 150 Gazans are students who study abroad and patients who need urgent medical treatment in abroad hospitals.
Earlier, the deposed government of Hamas in Gaza called on Palestinian militant groups to refrain from attacks on crossings between Gaza and Israel "to ease the security measures imposed on people and goods movements."
Source: Xinhua
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