GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — A Palestinian fighter was killed and two other people were wounded on Monday in clashes with Israeli forces east of Gaza City, according to Palestinian medics.
Hospital medics said they had received one body. There were reports that another two people were wounded but ambulances were not immediately able to enter the area of the clashes.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said forces had targeted "a militant who fired an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) at IDF (Israeli military) soldiers" near the border, adding no soldiers were wounded in the incident.
The armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a small leftist group, claimed the attack and said one of its fighters had been "martyred."
The Hamas-run Gaza Strip has been mostly quiet since the end of a massive 22-day Israeli military assault in January 2009, though there are still occasional clashes along the border.
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