AL QUDS, March 30: The Israeli army on Sunday killed two armed Palestinians trying to infiltrate Israeli territories from the Gaza Strip, according to a military source.

“The two terrorists were armed and were shot down after they were surrounded by our men in an orchard in Kibutz Erez in Israel, south of the town of Ashkelon,” said the military source.

The Palestinian gunmen came from the Gaza Strip and were chased for more than an hour by Israeli soldiers before being killed, said the source.—AFP

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