Gunmen kill seven in Israel

SEVEN Israelis died when squads of gunmen armed with heavy weapons and explosives crossed into southern Israel from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and launched a series of attacks.

The attacks lasted for about three hours. Israeli security forces tracked down some of the attackers and killed several of them in a gun battle, military spokesman Brig-Gen Yoav Mordechai said.

Three bodies were booby-trapped and Israeli TV channels said that seven attackers were killed.