Israeli forces launched airstrikes on the outskirts of Gaza City and exchanged gunfire with Palestinian militants Wednesday, killing six people, officials said.Israeli forces have been searching for smuggling tunnels and explosives in Gaza City's Shijaiyeh neighborhood since the weekend and have killed a total of 16 Palestinians, most of them militants, doctors said.Among those killed Wednesday was a 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed as he gathered with a group of people to watch the fighting, hospital officials said. At least one of those killed was a gunman, doctors said.Troops also flattened crops, destroyed greenhouses and chicken coops and uprooted dozens of trees on Wednesday, residents said. The army had no comment on the report about the destruction. In recent years, troops have routinely destroyed farming areas and orchards in the Gaza Strip, citing the need to deprive gunmen and rocket squads of cover....
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