Israeli troops killed a Palestinian gunman and wounded another as they attacked a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip today, military sources said.
A member of the Islamic Jihad militant group told said its men attacked Morag settlement and said one of them had been wounded and admitted to a Palestinian hospital.
Jihad had no immediate word on fatalities. Violence in occupied Gaza and the West Bank has largely subsided since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared a ceasefire in February.
But truce violations have multiplied in recent weeks, with Islamic Jihad carrying out several attacks.
The violence has raised fears that Israel's planned Gaza pullout could be disrupted and has dampened hopes of peace talks afterwards.