Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist sneaks into Israel, kill a soldier before being shot dead

A youth mourns near the grave of Israeli soldier Netanel Moshiashvili, 21, after his funeral at a military cemetery in the southern city of Ashkelon June 1, 2012. A Palestinian gunman broke into Israel on Friday and killed the soldier before being shot dead himself in a rare cross-border attack that Israel blamed on the Islamist group Hamas. (Reuters Pictures)

GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian gunman broke into Israel on Friday and killed a soldier before being shot dead himself in a rare cross-border attack that Israel blamed on the Islamist group Hamas.

Israel hit back, with a missile-strike killing one militant and wounding two others in the southern Gaza Strip. Militants also fired rockets out of the Palestinian enclave, but they did not cause any damage, the Israeli army said.

Sources in Gaza said the gunman killed in the cross-border attack was affiliated with the Islamic Jihad. However, the faction, which operates independently of Hamas, denied responsibility, suggesting the infiltrator might have been acting alone.

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