Report: Palestinian killed by IDF in N. Gaza

IDF troops killed a Palestinian man early Thursday morning in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinians reported. Hospital officials reported that the man, about 20 years old, was killed by machine gun fire from an Israeli tank unit near the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya. Another man was wounded, they said. The men's identity was not immediately clear. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. The army had no immediate comment.