Israeli troops kill Hamas cameraman in Gaza
Israeli troops killed a Hamas militant who was filming the group’s operations in northern Gaza this morning, Palestinian medical officials said.
The man was killed by Israeli soldiers operating in the town of Jebaliya, the officials said.
The ruling Hamas group often films its battles and operations against the Israeli army, later broadcasting the footage on their television station and releasing it to media outlets.
The army said it was checking the report.
Yesterday, a 64-year-old Palestinian grandmother from Jebaliya blew herself up near Israeli troops, lightly wounding two of them. Eight other Palestinians were killed by troops yesterday, six of them militants.
The Israeli military has been operating in northern Gaza for months in an attempt to eradicate Palestinian rocket squads, so far without success.
On Wednesday, after the death of the second Israeli civilian in a week from Palestinian rockets, the government ordered the army to step up its operations in Gaza.
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