Israeli Navy Kills Four Militants Near Gaza Coast

The New York Times reports that the Israeli Navy killed four Palestinian militants near the Gaza Coast on Monday.

At least four Palestinian militants suspected by Israel of planning an attack by sea were killed near the Gaza coast early on Monday. The Israeli military said that an Israeli naval force spotted what it called a “squad of terrorists wearing diving suits” and fired on them, killing some of the suspects.

Palestinian medics said that four bodies had been retrieved, according to initial news reports from Gaza, and that one or two others may still be missing.

The Gaza branch of the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group nominally associated with the mainstream Fatah movement led by President Mahmoud Abbas, said the four were among its members. The group said they belonged to its marine unit and that they were training at the time they were hit.

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