GAZA, April 16 (SPA) - Three Israeli soldiers and fourHamas group members were killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip near its main fuel terminal on Wednesday, the Israeli military and Hamassaid. Reuters quoted an Israeli army spokeswoman as saying that three soldiers had been killed and Israeli forces had shot several Palestinian gunmen during the fighting. Hamas said Israeli soldiers, backed by helicopters, killedfour members from the Islamist group during fighting east ofGaza City, a few hundred metres (yards) from the Nahal Oz fuelterminal, which straddles the border and is used to supply fuelto the territory. "Raiding our areas will never be a picnic," Abu Ubaida, aspokesman for Hamas's armed wing, told a news conference in theGaza Strip.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/546710