Four Palestinians killed in Gaza - army radio

Israeli forces today shot and killed four Palestinians who were trying to infiltrate a Jewish settlement in the southern Gaza Strip, Army Radio reported.

The report said the four were armed, and two others escaped. The military and Palestinian security had no immediate comment.

A spokesman for the Jewish settlers in the West Bank and Gaza said the clash took place near Rafiah Yam, a seaside Israeli settlement near the Palestinian town of Rafah, on the Gaza-Egypt border.

There are frequent attempts by armed Palestinians to infiltrate Jewish settlements in Gaza. The Palestinians demand removal of all Israeli settlements from the West Bank and Gaza.

Also, Israeli forces stage incursions into Palestinian areas on almost a daily basis.

Today, tanks and bulldozers tore up farmland near the Bureij refugee camp, scene of a bloody gun battle late on Thursday, when 10 Palestinians were killed in a clash with Israeli troops who invaded the camp, looking for a terrorist suspect.