Israeli Navy received gunfire from beach while intercepting small boat attempting to make its way from Gaza toward Egypt.
No one reported wounded in incident.
Israeli naval forces exchanged gunfire with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip early Monday morning after the navy prevented a boat from leaving for Egypt.
The Israeli Navy detected a small boat attempting to make its way to Egypt early Monday morning and forced it back to the Gaza Strip. Following protocol, the soldiers opened fire at it. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the target was hit.
Palestinians then opened fire at the IDF force from the beach. Soldiers fired back at the origin of the gunfire. There were no reports of casualties on the Israeli or Palestinian sides.
Meanwhile, a 26-year-old Palestinian freed in the 2011 Gilad Schalit prisoner swap deal was arrested on Monday with a knife at the Qalandiya crossing north of Jerusalem. The man told authorities he had planned on entering Israel to carry out an attack. The man had been sentenced previously to three years in prison in Israel after being convicted of shooting toward a settlement.
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