Palestinian gunmen reportedly killed at least three Israeli soldiers at a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip today.
"Our fighters killed three or more Israeli soldiers," a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) said. "This is a tremendous operation which is still under way."
He said two gunmen were killed by Israeli fire at Morag settlement and that a third survived the initial clash and had phoned the PRC with details. Israeli security sources said there were Israeli casualties at the scene.
The PRC shared responsibility for the morning attack with Islamic Jihad and the Abu Rish Brigades, an armed group inside Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction.