Israel Defense Forces troops killed eight Palestinians yesterday, including a 14-year-old, in Gaza City. Two of those killed were identified as Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militants.

Five of the dead were killed in the morning when IDF troops shot at a group of Palestinians who were firing anti-tank missiles at them.

Two other Palestinians were killed yesterday afternoon: Nidal Dachduch, 14, and Iad Sarsak, 30. At least five other Palestinians were wounded in the attack, including a young woman. An eighth Palestinian, identified as a 31-year-old Hamas militant, was also killed yesterday afternoon in Gaza.

In the morning, the IDF and the Shin Bet security service announced they had managed to prevent a terror attack at Karni crossing in Gaza. The forces dug up a 150-meter-long tunnel, which was 13 meters deep. The tunnel led from a house close to the crossing into Israel, and security forces suspect it was to be used for infiltrating into Israel.

Meanwhile four Israelis were arrested yesterday after attacking an IDF soldier and breaking through a West Bank checkpoint in an effort to reach the area of the evacuated Sa-Nur settlement. The men were arrested after soldiers fired warning shots in the air.

The four, ranging in age from 19-27, include two former Sa-Nur residents, reached the checkpoint and told told the soldiers that they want to visit the former settlement of Sa-Nur. Since the evacuation of the settlement last year , the former settlement was designated as a closed military zone.