Israeli Tank Fire Wounds Two on Gaza Border

Israelis and Palestinians fought across the Gaza border on Friday, with Israeli tank fire wounding two men at the frontier and Palestinians firing a rocket into southern Israel, medics and the army said.

Israeli tanks fired at a group of Palestinians who appeared to be attempting to plant explosives along the border fence, in the early hours of Friday a military spokeswoman told Agence France Presse.

"Soldiers spotted suspects digging in the ground adjoining the fence and fired at them," she said.

Palestinian medics said that two men were moderately wounded by the tank fire, east of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Later in the morning, Gaza militants fired a rocket into southern Israel but it hit open ground in the Eshkol region, near the border, and did not cause any casualties, the army spokeswoman said.

It was the second rocket in 24 hours after a lull of several days. Last month, more than 40 rockets and mortar rounds were fired into Israel from Gaza, Israeli officials said.