GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Palestinian militants attacked the Gaza Strip's main cargo crossing with mortar fire early Tuesday, lightly wounding an Israeli truck driver in the latest flare-up of violence in the coastal strip.The attack on the Karni crossing came shortly after warring Palestinian factions resumed their violent infighting following a one-week pause, and gunmen abducted a foreign news photographer.
The Israeli army said the mortar attack hit a truck that was delivering building materials to Gaza. It said the attack did not disrupt the flow of goods into Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has pledged to increase the movement of goods in and out of Gaza in an effort to boost the moderate Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in his power struggle with the Islamic militant group Hamas.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack. Medical officials said the truck's driver was lightly wounded and taken to a hospital.
Karni is the main transit point for Gaza's imports and exports, and is critical to the area's fragile economy. Traffic through the crossing has been severely restricted during months of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants.
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