Palestinian paramedics say a man has died from heavy machine-gun fire on the tense border between the Gaza Strip and Israel .
The man was rushed to the Al Aksa hospital in central Gaza, where he died late Friday night. Family members identified the victim as Nafez Nabhein, 35, a Bedouin from the Bureij refugee camp.
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An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers on patrol in the area heard explosions, and a tank responded with gunfire toward "suspicious locations." She said the border is used by Palestinian militants to plant explosives and attack Israel.
The military and a Gaza health official could not confirm if the man was killed by military gunfire.
Last week, Israeli forces carried out airstrikes against suspected militants, retaliating for weeks of rocket fire.
Israel is set to release 550 Palestinian prisoners to the Gaza Strip on Sunday in the second, final phase of a swap in which Israel agreed with Gaza's Hamas rulers to release 1,027 prisoners in exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit ,held captive for five years, who was freed in the first phase in October.
Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report
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