GAZA, June 1 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed a Palestinian nurse on Friday as she tried to help a wounded protester at the Gaza border, according to health officials and a witness, while Israel said militants had attacked its troops with gunfire and a grenade. In a separate statement, the Israeli military said its troops had acted to disperse “thousands of rioters” at five locations. The surge in violence at the border crescendoed this week to the most intensive shelling exchanges between Israel and Hamas and another Palestinian armed faction since a 2014. Israel calls them a ploy to breach its border and deflect scrutiny from Hamas’ governance problems. Israel quit Gaza in 2005, but has elsewhere deepened settlements on occupied land.

Source: Huffington Post June 01, 2018 20:03 UTC