KARUNA SHINSHO, ASIA TONIGHT: There are reports of Israeli missiles hitting Palestinian security targets in Gaza City. The Israeli army is not commenting on the alleged attacks, and there are no casualty figures. Earlier in Gaza, Israeli soldiers and Palestinians were involved in a gun battle. Mike Hanna has more.</s>MIKE HANNA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): And intense exchange of gunfire in the southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian security officials say the fighting broke out while Israeli bulldozers, escorted by tanks, demolished a number of Palestinian homes and police posts near the town of Rafah. The Israeli Defense Force says its soldiers patrolling the border road between Gaza and Egypt had come under constant attack from Palestinians using the buildings as cover. At least six Palestinians were wounded in the fighting. One Israeli soldier was lightly injured. This, the latest in a series of clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in the Rafah region.</s>NABIL SHAATH, PALESTINIAN CABINET MINISTER: This is a war of aggression. This is Israeli terrorism, and there is a rape of Rafah. And this Israeli rape of Rafah is something that the world should not keep a closed eye on.</s>RAANAN GISSIN, SHARON AIDE: We don't have a retaliatory policy, one must understand. And we make that very clear. This is a preventive policy, and we will take any necessary action, persistently and consistently to prevent terrorist activity and the killing or shooting against our citizens.</s>HANNA: The murder of two Israeli teenagers Wednesday has provoked a storm of public anger. The bodies of the two 14-year-old were found battered and disfigured in a cave near the West Bank settlement where they lived.</s>SHINSHO: And that was Mike Hanna reporting. END TO ORDER VIDEOTAPES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF CNN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE THE SECURE ONLINE ORDER FROM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Exchange Of Gunfire In Southern Gaza Strip