An Israeli occupation soldier was slightly injured on Thursday after an explosive device exploded along the border with the besieged Gaza strip.

An Israeli occupation soldier was slightly injured on Thursday after an explosive device exploded along the border with the besieged Gaza strip.

"A soldier was slightly injured near Nir Oz by an explosive device," an occupation army spokeswoman told AFP news agency, describing a place which lies just across the border from the town of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.

In Gaza, Palestinian security sources said Israeli troops had staged an incursion into an area east of Khan Yunis, and that an explosion had occurred next to an Israeli tank in what appeared to be the same incident.