Talks go on for Israeli prisoner swap
Afp, Gaza City
Three Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, sources said, while talks were reportedly taking place to exchange an Israeli soldier for Palestinian women and children. Medical and security sources said an unidentified Palestinian was killed at the Kissufim border crossing in the central Gaza Strip, a shooting later confirmed by the Israeli army. "A unit noticed a suspect near the security barrier at the Kissufim crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip, and opened fire in his direction. He was hit," an army spokesman told AFP. Earlier Saturday, two Palestinians were shot dead in Beit Hanun during an Israeli incursion into the north of the Gaza Strip, medical and security sources said. The victims were named as Mohammed Abu Oda, 60, and his son Ismail, 28.
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