Four Palestinians were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops on the Gaza border on Tuesday morning. This was reported by Israeli media Haaretz quoting Palestinian sources. According to the Israel Forces, infantry soldiers, tanks and a helicopter foiled an attempted attack, repelling Palestinian militants without Israeli casualties. The militant group Islamic Jihad said its members had been involved in the incident. News of the incident follows reports in the Israeli media that the air force bombed targets in Gaza overnight, killing a Hamas militant. Tensions have run high along the Gaza border in recent weeks. Late last month an IDF officer who was killed in fighting on the edge of the Hamas-ruled enclave.