Israeli troops shot on Gaza border

At least two armed men breached the buffer zone near Khan Younis, opening fire and injuring four Israeli soldiers. Last Modified: 07 Jan 2011 18:27 GMT

At least four Israeli soldiers have been wounded after two armed men breached the buffer zone between the Gaza Strip and and opened fire Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker, reporting from Gaza City, said there was no confirmation of how seriously the four Israeli soldiers in Kibbutz Nirim, east of Khan Younis, were injured or who carried out the attack. "But certainly, it's not very common that the buffer zone is breached," Dekker said. "It is a very tightly, security-controlled area, so we're surprised that the militants have been able to cross it." She reported that after the incident, more Israeli soldiers appeared at the scene and opened fire, but what happened to the armed men remains unclear at the moment. The buffer zone is made up of 300 metres of Palestinian land - within the Gaza border - which Palestinians are not supposed to enter, even though the area contain farmland.

Source: Al Jazeera