Six Palestinian gunmen killed in Gaza raid

GAZA, (Reuters)

Israeli forces killed six Palestinian gunmen in clashes in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian security sources said.
A column of Israeli tanks backed by attack helicopters moved deep into an area east of the town of Jabalya on Saturday.
Militants responded with anti-tank fire.

Security sources said six militants were killed, including four from Hamas when an Israeli rocket hit a house. At least 11 other Palestinians were injured, mostly militants.

Israeli-Palestinian violence in Gaza has worsened in recent days. Almost 240 Palestinians, about half of them civilians, have been killed since Israel launched a June offensive in Gaza to try to recover a captured soldier and stop cross-border rocket fire.