Two Palestinians Martyred in Clashes with "Israeli" Forces in Gaza

 
Source: AFP, 4-4-2009

Two Palestinian resistance fighters were martyred on Saturday in clashes with "Israeli" occupation troops along the border of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, local medics said.

An occupation army spokeswoman said the gunbattle took place when "Israeli" occupation ground forces crossed several hundred meters into Gaza. "The troops clashed with the gunmen and identified hitting at least two of them," she told AFP.

Palestinian medics later recovered the bodies of the two resistance fighters, according to Muawiya Hassanein, the head of emergency services for the Gaza Strip. It remained unclear if there more people were injured in the incident.

The clashes follow a period of relative calm in the wake of a tenuous ceasefires that Hamas and "Israel" declared on January 18 to end a 22-day war in the impoverished territory.