Transcript for Border clashes in Gaza

Hey guys it's Molly hunter in London you're watching ABC news live and we've got an update at one of the biggest stories unfolding overnight. In the Gaza Strip so Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to Tel Aviv early. He was in Paris of course for that parents peace formally dozens of other world leaders. Including president Tran. And he returned early because. Of an incident in the Gaza Strip now Hamas says that an Israeli unit entered deep into the Gaza Strip about two miles east of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. And targeted and killed a senior leader in their military brigades a guy named nor barricade he's 37 years all of and he is a unit commander. In now because some brigades now Israel says this was not an assassination attempt that they sent in a leap unity and it was an intelligence gathering operation gone terribly wrong but what both sides agree on. Is that there was a confrontation. There is higher exchange. Any Israelis called in the Israeli air corps'. Hamas then sends dozens of airstrikes came down at least forty the Palestinian health ministry says that seven total Palestinians were killed including bar K. Seven additional Palestinians were wounded it in that confrontation Israelis now say. Added a lieutenant commander was also kills an Israeli lieutenant commander in an Israeli soldier were wounded. Most of says the body in the Linda were taken back out of the Gaza Strip the funerals for those seven Palestinians killed what happened. Later today in Gaza and after that we should know whether or not this conflict will escalate it comes there really interesting time both from prime minister Netanyahu was out of the country of course in Paris. As if this was a high level assassination operation that was ordered. Surprising that it would have been order with a prime minister out of the country but it also comes at a time when both sides are speaking fairly positively. About a peace process or at least about cease fire negotiations that were being brokered. In Egypt but we'll find. At a whole lot more about this straight the day goes on thanks so much for tuning and I'm Molly hunter in London and you're watching BBC is us.

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