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<p>Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians near the Gaza Strip border, Palestinian medics said on Thursday.<span> </span><span> </span> An Israeli military spokesman confirmed Israeli forces had opened fire  on a group of Palestinians who attempted to cross Israel&#8217;s border fence  on Wednesday night.</p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="widows:2;text-transform:none;text-indent:0;border-collapse:separate;font:medium 'Times New Roman';white-space:normal;orphans:2;letter-spacing:normal;color:#000000;word-spacing:0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span style="background-color:transparent;outline-width:0;display:inline;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0;margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="outline-width:0;display:inline;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0;margin:0;padding:0;">Meanwhile,  Avigdor Lieberman, Israel&#8217;s hardline Minister of Foreign Affairs said  that his country would lift the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip  immediately after arms smuggling attempts across the Gaza border with  Egypt are curbed. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color:transparent;outline-width:0;display:inline;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0;margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="background-color:transparent;outline-width:0;display:inline;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0;margin:0;padding:0;">The Israeli minister said this during a meeting last night in the city of Jerusalem with</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;outline-width:0;display:inline;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0;margin:0;padding:0;">Catherine Ashton, the EU official responsible for External Relations.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent;outline-width:0;display:inline;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0;margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="background-color:transparent;outline-width:0;display:inline;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0;margin:0;padding:0;">A  statement by the Israeli Foreign Ministry quoted Lieberman as saying,  &#8220;The source of the problem is that smuggling of arms does not  stop through the Egyptian border,&#8221; h</span><span style="background-color:transparent;outline-width:0;display:inline;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0;margin:0;padding:0;">e  said, adding that if the EU wishes to see the siege lifted on Gaza, it  must take responsibility and form a special force to prevent the  smuggling of weapons into the Gaza Strip.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www1.albawaba.com/main-headlines/gaza-strip-two-palestinians-shot-dead-israeli-fire">Gaza Strip: Two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli fire | Al Bawaba</a>.</p>
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