Israelis kill Palestinian in Gaza Strip

Israeli troops today pulled out of a Gaza Strip town after shooting dead a Palestinian and demolishing the homes of three Islamic militants killed in attacks on Israelis dating back to 1996.

Last night, around 30 Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles backed by two Apache helicopters moved into the town of Beit Lahiya, three miles north of Gaza City, firing machine guns and tank shells that knocked out the town’s power transformer, witnesses and Palestinian security officials said.