[Ynet News] Ilana Curiel - A teenage Bedouin girl opened fire Saturday at a Border Guard post in southern Israel. Basma Awad al-Nabari, 16, arrived at the entrance to the base and began to fire a handgun. "We tried to persuade her to stop firing," said an officer at the scene, "but she didn't respond," and was then shot and killed. Police said the attack was nationalistically-motivated. Earlier Saturday, IDF soldiers patrolling along the Gaza security fence near kibbutz Kfar Aza exchanged fire with Palestinian gunmen carrying an explosive device, killing two.
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