Israeli troops kill Palestinian in Gaza raid

GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed a Palestinian during
clashes in a Gaza Strip refugee camp on Thursday, local
witnesses said.

An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed troops were operating
in the area but was checking the report of the death.

Residents of the Maghazi Camp in central Gaza said it was
not immediately clear whether the man killed on Thursday was a
militant. Troops killed 15 Palestinians during raids in the
Gaza Strip and West Bank on Wednesday.

The fighting was part of an offensive aimed at recovering a
captured soldier and halting rocket fire across the border.
Israel has killed about 110 Palestinians, around half of them
militants, during the operation.

Israel has also launched an offensive in Lebanon after
Hizbollah guerrillas captured two soldiers and killed eight
more in a cross-border raid on July 12. The war has killed
around 300 people in Lebanon and a total of 29 in Israel.