A group of Palestinians attacked Israeli soldiers late Monday at a crossing point in the northern end of Gaza, one person being killed and six injured in the ensuing gunbattle, Israeli army sources informed.

According to a witness, four men who waited among the other Palestinians to pass through the Erez crossing Monday afternoon, attacked the Israeli soldiers with hand grenades and firearms and tried to flee the area.

At least six Palestinians were injured by the grenades, while another was shot dead in the fire exchange that erupted immediately.

The crossing point has been flooded by Palestinians since Friday, who desperately want to leave Gaza after Hamas gunmen seized control over the territory and ousted Fatah security forces.

Most of the civilians were scared by the fierce clashes that went on for almost five days, dozens of people being killed and many others wounded by raging militants belonging to Hamas’ military wing, the infamous Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

Eventually, Fatah had to recognize its defeat, as President Mahmoud Abbas pulled out of the joint government his party representatives and dissolved the entity. Soon after, Abbas named a new cabinet with the headquarters in the West Bank, practically dividing two territories inhabited by the same people.