A 12-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead by Israeli army gunfire in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah today, Palestinian medical sources said.
Maisa Zanoun died after being hit in the chest by live bullets near her house in Rafah, which lies on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, they said.
Military sources said troops stationed at the Tarmit base on the outskirts of Rafah were attacked by a number of Palestinians and had returned fire.
"Palestinians threw stones and either shot or threw handgrenades, injuring two soldiers lightly, so troops shot back at the source," the source said, adding he could not confirm whether any Palestinians had been wounded or killed.
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